English Explanatory Dictionary

Conington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786).
  3. A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3266).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Conington Coningtons Cunnington

Etymology

From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; manor; town”), perhaps under the influence of Old Norse konungs (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the source of the placenames Coniston and Coniston Cold. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, Coningsby, and Conisbrough.

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