Abington

Meanings

1. A placename:
2. The villages and civil parishes of Great Abington and Little Abington in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, known as The Abingtons.
3. A suburb of Northampton, West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7861).
4. A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9323).
5. A civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland.
6. A civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland.
7. A locality in the Uralla council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
8. A number of places in the United States:
9. A village in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.
10. A township in Mercer County, Illinois.
11. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wayne County, Indiana.
12. A town in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Abba + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).