Meanings
proper noun
- The smallest of the 95 counties in Virginia, United States. It is adjacent to Washington, D.C., and coterminous with the census-designated place of Arlington.
Origin
The name goes back to Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Arlington County. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arlington%20County
MLA
“Arlington County.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arlington%20County. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Arlington County,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arlington%20County.
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