Burlington
Meanings
name
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- A community in Nova Scotia.
- A city in Ontario; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire (formerly "Burlington").
- A number of places in the United States:
- A home rule municipality, the county seat of Kit Carson County, Colorado.
- A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
- A village in Kane County, Illinois.
- A small town in Carroll County, Indiana; named for Burlington, a Wyandot chief.
- A city, the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
- A city, the county seat of Coffey County, Kansas; named for the city in Vermont.
- A census-designated place, the county seat of Boone County, Kentucky.
- A small town in Penobscot County, Maine.
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Etymology
From Burling + -ton. The town in Newfoundland derives from a variant of the name Bridlington in Yorkshire and may have been informed by the name of Burlington, Ontario.
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