Arlington.
A place in England:
Meaning & usage
A place in England: A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6140).
A place in England: A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5407).
A place in England: A village in Bibury parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP1006).
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
A number of places in the United States: A community in the city of Riverside, Riverside County, California.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Colorado.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Calhoun County and Early County, Georgia.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Rush County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: A small city in Fayette County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States: A small city in Reno County, Kansas.
A number of places in the United States: A small home rule city in Carlisle County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: A neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland.
A number of places in the United States: A large town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Sibley County, Minnesota.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Washington County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: A neighborhood of the town of Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey.
A number of places in the United States: A community and census-designated place in Dutchess County, New York.
A number of places in the United States: A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York.
A number of places in the United States: A former town in Yadkin County, North Carolina, merged into the town of Jonesville in 2001.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Hancock County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: A small city in Gilliam County, Oregon.
A number of places in the United States: A neighborhood in southern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: A small city in Brookings County and Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
A number of places in the United States: A sizable town in Shelby County, Tennessee.
A number of places in the United States: A large city in Tarrant County, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Bennington County, Vermont.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place which is coterminous with Arlington County, Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Snohomish County, Washington.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: A town and village in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
A number of places in Canada: A community in Nova Scotia.
A number of places in Canada: A municipality of Saskatchewan.
A number of places in Canada: A community in Yukon.
Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, an American military cemetery.
Where this word comes from
From the Old English personal name Ælfrēd + -ing (“called after”) + tūn (“estate”), literally, “estate named after Alfred”. Many of the place names in the United States derive from Arlington House, formerly the plantation of Robert E. Lee.
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