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Covington

Covington proper noun: a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570). Also the ellipsis of Covington County.

Proper noun

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).
  2. A hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9739).
  3. An English habitational surname from the village in England.
  4. A city, the county seat of Newton County, Georgia; named for Leonard Covington.
  5. A township in Washington County, Illinois.
  6. A city, the county seat of Fountain County, Indiana.
  7. A city in Kentucky, United States and one of the two county seats of Kenton County; named for American general and statesman Leonard Covington.
  8. A city, the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; named for Leonard Covington.
  9. A township in Baraga County, Michigan.
  10. An unincorporated community in Michigan; named for the city in Kentucky.
  11. An unincorporated community in Missouri.
  12. A ghost town in Nebraska.
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  1. A town in New York; named for Leonard Covington.
  2. A village in Ohio.
  3. A town in Oklahoma.
  4. A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
  5. A township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
  6. A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
  7. A village coterminous with Putnam Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
  8. A city, the county seat of Tipton County, Tennessee; named for Leonard Covington.
  9. A city in Texas.
  10. A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Virginia; named for Leonard Covington.
  11. A city in Washington; named for railroad surveyor Richard Covington.

Also used as

Covington is also the ellipsis of Covington County.

Forms of Covington

pluralCovingtons

Origin of Covington

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

Words formed from Covington

Questions about Covington

What does Covington mean?
Covington means a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).
What part of speech is Covington?
Covington is a proper noun.

Words near Covington in the dictionary

  1. Covina
  2. covincular
  3. covine
  4. coving
  5. covings
  6. Covington
  7. Covington County
  8. Covingtons
  9. Covino
  10. Covinos
  11. covinous

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