Etymology

Arlington County

Today it means: The smallest of the 95 counties in Virginia, United States. It is adjacent to Washington, D.C., and coterminous with the census-designated place of Arlington. Full definition →

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The story

The name goes back to Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.