English Explanatory Dictionary

Coningsby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish with a town council in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2258).
  2. A surname.

Word forms

Coningsby Conningsby Cunsby

Etymology

From Old Norse *Konungsby, from konungs (“king's”) + -by (“farm, town”). Cf. Kingstown, Kingston, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Conington, &c.

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