Word.ws English Dictionary

Kennington

/ˈkɛnɪŋtən/

Kennington proper noun: a suburb of London in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3178).

Proper noun

Kennington (countable and uncountable, plural Kenningtons)

  1. A suburb of London in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3178).
  2. A suburb and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0244).
  3. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5202).
  4. A settlement in Southland, New Zealand.
  5. A suburb of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
  6. A surname.

Forms of Kennington

pluralKenningtons

Origin of Kennington

# For the place in Kent: 'Royal manor', from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + -ing + tūn (“manor”). # For the places in Oxfordshire & London: 'The estate of Cena', from Old English personal name Cēna + -ing + tūn (“estate”).

Questions about Kennington

What does Kennington mean?
Kennington means a suburb of London in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3178).
What part of speech is Kennington?
Kennington is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kennington?
Kennington is pronounced /ˈkɛnɪŋtən/ (UK).

Words near Kennington in the dictionary

  1. Kennicott
  2. Kennicott's willow warbler
  3. Kennie
  4. kenning
  5. kennings
  6. Kennington
  7. Kenningtons
  8. Kennion
  9. Kennishead
  10. Kennison
  11. Kennisons

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Kennington (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q7979-Soundguys-Kennington.wav.

Cite this entry: “Kennington.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/kennington. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.