Edison

Proper noun

1. A surname

   1. An English patronymic or matronymic (or just pamatronymic) surname derived from Adam and Edith.

   2. A surname originating as a patronymic, from Edward

   3. Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman.

2. A placename

   1. A number of places in the United States

      An unincorporated community in Kern County, California.

   2. A number of places in the United States

      A small city in Calhoun County, Georgia.

   3. A number of places in the United States

      A village in Furnas County, Nebraska.

   4. A number of places in the United States

      A township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, renamed after Thomas Edison, who had his main laboratory here, in 1955.

   5. A number of places in the United States

      A village in Morrow County, Ohio.

   6. A number of places in the United States

      A census-designated place in Skagit County, Washington.

   7. A number of places in the United States

      An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.

   8. A former unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada, near modern Westlock; named after Thomas Edison.