Abington.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: The villages and civil parishes of Great Abington and Little Abington in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, known as The Abingtons.
A placename: A suburb of Northampton, West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7861).
A placename: A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9323).
A placename: A civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland.
A placename: A civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland.
A placename: A locality in the Uralla council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A number of places in the United States: A village in the town of Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Mercer County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wayne County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From the Old English personal name Abba + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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