English Explanatory Dictionary

Eddington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename
  2. A village in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SU3469).
  3. A neighbourhood developed since 2014 in north-west Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, named after Arthur Eddington (OS grid ref TL4259).
  4. A suburban village next to Herne Bay, Canterbury district, Kent, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TR1767).
  5. A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
  6. A census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  7. A locality in the Shire of Loddon and the Shire of Mount Alexander, north western Victoria, Australia
  8. A habitational surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛdɪŋtən/

Word forms

Eddington Eddingtons Edington

Etymology

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

Derived words

Eddingtonian Eddington limit Eddington luminosity sub-Eddington super-Eddington
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