Torrington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area and the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A suburb of the city of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
  3. A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
  4. Ellipsis of Great Torrington: a market town and civil parish with a town council in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4919).
  5. A city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
  6. A city, the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States.
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Torrington Torringtons

Etymology

From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

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