Addington

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US, UK/ˈædɪŋtən/

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP742286).

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Meanings

proper nounAddington (countable and uncountable, plural Addingtons)

plural Addingtons

  1. A place in England:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP742286).
    2. countableuncountableA northern suburb of Liskeard, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2565).
    3. countableuncountableA village in the borough of Croydon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3764).
    4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ639535).
    5. countableuncountableA hamlet in Nether Kellet parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, divided into Higher Addington and Lower Addington (OS grid ref SD5268).
  2. countableuncountableA town near the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
  3. countableuncountableA suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  4. countableuncountableA town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States.
  5. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

Probably from the Old English personal names *Eadda or *Æddi + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Addington

Paddington
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Cite this entry
APA

Addington. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Addington

MLA

“Addington.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Addington. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Addington,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Addington.

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