Barrington
Barrington proper noun: a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3949).
Proper noun
Barrington (countable and uncountable, plural Barringtons)
- A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3949).
- A civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, which includes the villages of Great and Little Barrington.
- A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3818).
- A small village on the Barrington River, New South Wales, Australia.
- A locality in Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia.
- A rural community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A hamlet in the township of Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada.
- A suburban village in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois.
- A town in Strafford County, New Hampshire.
- A borough in Camden County, New Jersey.
- A town in Yates County, New York.
- A suburban residential town in Bristol County, Rhode Island.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Forms of Barrington
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Origin of Barrington
* As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin, probably named after Barentin in Seine-Maritime, from Medieval Latin Barentinum, Barentini, of pre-Latin origin, perhaps of Celtic/Gaulish origin and identical with Barenton, both names from a Gaulish word related to water. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), see Barnes, Barron.
Words formed from Barrington
- barringtonite
- Barrington Tops
- Great Barrington
- Little Barrington
- Lower Barrington
Phrases with Barrington
Questions about Barrington
- What does Barrington mean?
- Barrington means a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3949).
- What part of speech is Barrington?
- Barrington is a proper noun.
Words near Barrington in the dictionary
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