English Explanatory Dictionary

Kington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2956).
  2. A village and civil parish (served by Kington and Dormston Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9856).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Kington Kingtons

Etymology

From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Kington Langley Kington Magna Kington Rural Kington St Michael West Kington
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