Lavington

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

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Meanings

proper nounLavington (countable and uncountable, plural Lavingtons)

plural Lavingtons

  1. countableA surname from Old English.
  2. A placename, from the surname:
    1. countableuncountableA suburb of Albury, New South Wales, Australia.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada.
    3. countableuncountableA suburb of Nairobi, Kenya.

Origin

Habitational surname from the villages of Market Lavington and West Lavington, from an Old English personal name *Lāfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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