Covington

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).

OriginOld English Cofingtun →
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Meanings

proper nounCovington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

plural Covingtons

  1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).
  2. countableuncountableA hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9739).
  3. countableuncountableAn English habitational surname from the village in England.
  4. A locale in the United States.
    1. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Newton County, Georgia; named for Leonard Covington.
    2. countableuncountableA township in Washington County, Illinois.
    3. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Fountain County, Indiana.
    4. countableuncountableA city in Kentucky, United States and one of the two county seats of Kenton County; named for American general and statesman Leonard Covington.
    5. countableuncountableA city, the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; named for Leonard Covington.
    6. countableuncountableA township in Baraga County, Michigan.
    7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Michigan; named for the city in Kentucky.
    8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Missouri.
    9. countableuncountableA ghost town in Nebraska.
    10. countableuncountableA town in New York; named for Leonard Covington.
    11. countableuncountableA village in Ohio.
    12. countableuncountableA town in Oklahoma.
    13. countableuncountableA township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
    14. countableuncountableA township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
    15. countableuncountableA township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
    16. countableuncountableA village coterminous with Putnam Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
    17. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Tipton County, Tennessee; named for Leonard Covington.
    18. countableuncountableA city in Texas.
    19. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Virginia; named for Leonard Covington.
    20. countableuncountableA city in Washington; named for railroad surveyor Richard Covington.
  5. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Covington County.

Origin

  1. Old EnglishCofingtun
  2. EnglishCovington

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”); literally “Cofa’s Town”.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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