Meanings
proper noun
- A village in Old Basing and Lychpit parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England, to the east of Basingstoke (OS grid ref SU6652).
Origin
Named after the Basingas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe. Renamed from Basing by 1986.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Old Basing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Basing
MLA
“Old Basing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Basing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old Basing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Basing.
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