Etymology

Ellington

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1571). Full definition →

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The story

From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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