Worthington

Meanings

proper nounWorthington (countable and uncountable, plural Worthingtons)

A place in England:
1. countableuncountableA civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD579102).
2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4020).
countableuncountableA ghost town in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
A number of places in the United States:
1. countableuncountableA town in Greene County, Indiana.
2. countableuncountableA small city in Dubuque County, Iowa.
3. countableuncountableA city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States.
4. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
5. countableuncountableA town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
6. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Nobles County, Minnesota.
7. countableuncountableA township in Nobles County, Minnesota.
8. countableuncountableA village in Putnam County, Missouri.
9. countableuncountableA city in Franklin County, Ohio.
10. countableuncountableA township in Richland County, Ohio.
11. countableuncountableA borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
12. countableuncountableA town in Marion County, West Virginia.
countableA habitational surname from Old English.

From the Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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