Cannington

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST2539).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST2539).
  2. A community in Brock township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A mine in McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia, named after a pastoral property.
  4. A suburb of Perth in the City of Canning, Western Australia.

Origin

* In Somerset, recorded as Cantuctun c.880 and Cantoctona in 1086 (DB), a settlement by the Quantock Hills. Present spelling adopted c.1641. * In Western Australia, from Canning + -ton, being named after the Canning River.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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