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Covington.

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).

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  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).

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  2. A hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9739).

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  3. An English habitational surname from the village in England.

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  4. A locale in the United States. A city, the county seat of Newton County, Georgia; named for Leonard Covington.

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  5. A locale in the United States. A township in Washington County, Illinois.

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  6. A locale in the United States. A city, the county seat of Fountain County, Indiana.

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  7. A locale in the United States. A city in Kentucky, United States and one of the two county seats of Kenton County; named for American general and statesman Leonard Covington.

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  8. A locale in the United States. A city, the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; named for Leonard Covington.

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  9. A locale in the United States. A township in Baraga County, Michigan.

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  10. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Michigan; named for the city in Kentucky.

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  11. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Missouri.

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  12. A locale in the United States. A ghost town in Nebraska.

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  13. A locale in the United States. A town in New York; named for Leonard Covington.

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  14. A locale in the United States. A village in Ohio.

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  15. A locale in the United States. A town in Oklahoma.

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  16. A locale in the United States. A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.

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  17. A locale in the United States. A township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

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  18. A locale in the United States. A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

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  19. A locale in the United States. A village coterminous with Putnam Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

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  20. A locale in the United States. A city, the county seat of Tipton County, Tennessee; named for Leonard Covington.

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  21. A locale in the United States. A city in Texas.

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  22. A locale in the United States. A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Virginia; named for Leonard Covington.

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  23. A locale in the United States. A city in Washington; named for railroad surveyor Richard Covington.

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  24. Ellipsis of Covington County.

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Where this word comes from

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”); literally “Cofa’s Town”.

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