"Kington" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Kingtons [plural]
Etymology: From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|cyning||king}} Old English cyning (“king”), {{m|ang|tūn||enclosure; settlement, town}} tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Kington (countable and uncountable, plural Kingtons)
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2956). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Herefordshire, England, Towns in England, Towns in Herefordshire, England
    Sense id: en-Kington-en-name-AZuZmdN3
  2. A village in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9856). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Worcestershire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Worcestershire, England
    Sense id: en-Kington-en-name-OESgI2gK
  3. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Kington-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Kington Langley, Kington Magna, Kington St Michael, West Kington, According to the 2010 United States Census, Kington is the 50851st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 410 individuals. Kington is most common among White (91.71%) individuals.

Inflected forms

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