hastings

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/ˈheɪstɪŋz//ˈheɪ.stɪŋz/

noun

Early fruit or vegetables, especially peas.

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Meanings

hastings1

nounhastings pl (normally plural, singular hasting)

singular hasting

  1. datedpluralplural normallyEarly fruit or vegetables, especially peas.

    The large white and green Hastings are tender , and not to be set till the cold is over , and then not very thick , for they spread much and mount high , and therefore require the help of tall Sticks

    1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC
noun
  1. pluralplural of hasting

Hastings2

proper noun
  1. A place name, including:
    1. A town and borough in East Sussex, England.
    2. A hamlet in Ashill parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3116).
    3. A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
    4. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
    5. A community in Trent Hills municipality, Northumberland County, Ontario.
    6. A census-designated place in St. Johns County, Florida.
    7. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
    8. A minor city in Mills County, Iowa.
    9. A city, the county seat of Barry County, Michigan.
    10. A township in Barry County, Michigan.
    11. A city, the county seat of Dakota County, Minnesota, located in Dakota County and Washington County.
    12. A city, the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska.
    13. A town in Oswego County, New York, named after Hastings Curtiss.
    14. An unincorporated community in Barnes County, North Dakota.
    15. A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
    16. A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
    17. A village and beach resort in Christ Church parish, Barbados.
    18. A town in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
    19. A neighbourhood of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
    20. A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania.
    21. A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.
    22. A river in New South Wales, which flows into the Tasman Sea at Port Macquarie; named after Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings; in full, the Hastings River.
    23. A city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Origin

hastings · noun, noun

From haste.

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Hastings · proper noun

The placename in England is derived from the Old English tribal name Hæstingas (“Hæsta's people, the family/followers of Hæsta”), which was later transferred to their settlement. The family name has two possible sources: * from the place name * a patronymic surname derived from the Anglo-Norman personal name Hasten(c), Hastang The later place names in other countries are named either after people with that family name, or after the town of Hastings in England.

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APA

hastings. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hastings

MLA

“hastings.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hastings. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hastings,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hastings.

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