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Pollington

Pollington proper noun: a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6119).

Proper noun

Pollington (countable and uncountable, plural Pollingtons)

  1. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6119).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Pollington

pluralPollingtons

Origin of Pollington

From an unclear first element, perhaps related to Scots poffle (“piece of land”), + -ing + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Pollington

What does Pollington mean?
Pollington means a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6119).
What part of speech is Pollington?
Pollington is a proper noun.

Words near Pollington in the dictionary

  1. polling places
  2. polling station
  3. polling stations
  4. Pollinger
  5. pollings
  6. Pollington
  7. Pollingtons
  8. pollinia
  9. pollinial
  10. polliniate
  11. pollinic

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