English Explanatory Dictionary

Eggington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9525).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Eggington Eggingtons Eginton

Etymology

Recorded as Ekendon in the XII and XIII centuries, the placename derives from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + dūn (“hill”).

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