Etymology

Abington

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Today it means: The villages and civil parishes of Great Abington and Little Abington in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, known as The Abingtons. Full definition →

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The story

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

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