Huntingdon
/ˈhʌn.tɪŋ.dən/
Huntingdon proper noun: a surname.
Proper noun
Huntingdon (countable and uncountable, plural Huntingdons)
- A surname.
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, and former county town of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL2372).
- A borough, the county seat of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A town, the county seat of Carroll County, Tennessee, United States.
- A community in the city of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, located on the US border and named after Collis Potter Huntington.
- A former township in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, now part of Centre Hastings municipality (see there).
- A town in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Montérégie region, Quebec, Canada, originally in Huntingdon County.
- A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A rural locality south of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Forms of Huntingdon
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Origin of Huntingdon
From Old English Huntandūn, equivalent to hunta (“hunter”) + dūn (“hill, mountain”).
Words formed from Huntingdon
Phrases with Huntingdon
Questions about Huntingdon
- What does Huntingdon mean?
- Huntingdon means a surname.
- What part of speech is Huntingdon?
- Huntingdon is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Huntingdon?
- Huntingdon is pronounced /ˈhʌn.tɪŋ.dən/.
Words near Huntingdon in the dictionary
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