Abington

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US/ˈæb.ɪŋ.tən/

proper noun

The villages and civil parishes of Great Abington and Little Abington in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, known as The Abingtons.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

proper nounAbington (countable and uncountable, plural Abingtons)

plural Abingtons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableThe villages and civil parishes of Great Abington and Little Abington in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, known as The Abingtons.
    2. countableuncountableA suburb of Northampton, West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7861).
    3. countableuncountableA village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9323).
    4. countableuncountableA civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland.
    5. countableuncountableA civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland.
    6. countableuncountableA locality in the Uralla council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA village in the town of Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.
    2. countableuncountableA township in Mercer County, Illinois.
    3. countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community therein, in Wayne County, Indiana.
    4. countableuncountableA town in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
    5. countableuncountableA township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
  3. 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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APA

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Chicago

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