English Explanatory Dictionary

Watlington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6110).
  3. A market town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6894).
  4. A suburb of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Watlington Watlingtons Wadlington

Etymology

From an unattested Old English personal name + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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