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Conington

Conington proper noun: a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786).

Proper noun

Conington (countable and uncountable, plural Coningtons)

  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786).
  2. A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3266).
  3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Conington

pluralConingtons
alternative formCunnington

Origin of Conington

From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; manor; town”), perhaps under the influence of Old Norse konungs (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the source of the placenames Coniston and Coniston Cold. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, Coningsby, and Conisbrough.

Questions about Conington

What does Conington mean?
Conington means a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786).
What part of speech is Conington?
Conington is a proper noun.

Words near Conington in the dictionary

  1. coning
  2. coning off
  3. coninger
  4. Coningham
  5. Coningsby
  6. Conington
  7. Coningtons
  8. coniocyst
  9. coniocysts
  10. coniology
  11. coniophoraceous

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