Etymology

Cottingham

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Today it means: A large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0432). Full definition →

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The story

From the Old English personal name Cotta + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.