English Explanatory Dictionary

Hamptons

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A part of the East End of Long Island, New York.
  2. The Hamptons, the areas of Hampton, Hampton Hill, Hampton Court and Hampton Wick in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England.

Word forms

Hamptons

Etymology

After the common ending of its constituent towns, Southampton, East Hampton, etc. Southampton was the first to be named, possibly in honor of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, or alternatively because many of its inhabitants originated from Southampton, England.

Synonyms

South Fork
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