Eastleigh

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/ˈiːstli/

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4519).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4519).

    Meanwhile, back in Eastleigh, away from the filibustering in Westminster, Chris Huhne was able to concentrate on constituency business.

    2012 January 20, Ray Turner, “Daylight Saving Bill runs out of time…”, in Eastleigh News, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2023
    1. A local government district with borough status in Hampshire.
  2. A hamlet in Westleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4827).
  3. A suburb of Nairobi, Kenya.
  4. An uncommon surname.

Origin

By surface analysis, east + -leigh.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Eastleigh

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Cite this entry
APA

Eastleigh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastleigh

MLA

“Eastleigh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastleigh. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Eastleigh,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastleigh.

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