Meanings
plural Abingtons
- A placename:
- countableuncountableThe villages and civil parishes of Great Abington and Little Abington in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, known as The Abingtons.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Northampton, West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7861).
- countableuncountableA village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9323).
- countableuncountableA civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland.
- countableuncountableA civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland.
- countableuncountableA locality in the Uralla council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A number of places in the United States:
- countableuncountableA village in the town of Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.
- countableuncountableA township in Mercer County, Illinois.
- countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community therein, in Wayne County, Indiana.
- countableuncountableA town in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
- countableuncountableA township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- countableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
From the Old English personal name Abba + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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Abington. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Abington
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