English Explanatory Dictionary

Shillington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1234).
  3. A borough of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Shillington Shillingtons

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Scyttel + -ing + dūn (“hill”).

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