Etymology

Podington

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9462). Full definition →

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.