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Cannington.

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST2539).

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  1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST2539).

  2. A community in Brock township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.

  3. A mine in McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia, named after a pastoral property.

  4. A suburb of Perth in the City of Canning, Western Australia.

Where this word comes from

* In Somerset, recorded as Cantuctun c.880 and Cantoctona in 1086 (DB), a settlement by the Quantock Hills. Present spelling adopted c.1641. * In Western Australia, from Canning + -ton, being named after the Canning River.

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