English Explanatory Dictionary

Addington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP742286).
  3. A northern suburb of Liskeard, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2565).
  4. A village in the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3764).
  5. A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ639535).
  6. A hamlet in Nether Kellet parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, divided into Higher Addington and Lower Addington (OS grid ref SD5268).
  7. A town near the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
  8. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  9. A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States.
  10. A habitational surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

/ˈædɪŋtən/

Word forms

Addington Addingtons

Etymology

Probably from the Old English personal names *Eadda or *Æddi + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Addington Highlands Addingtonian Great Addington Lennox and Addington County Little Addington New Addington
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