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Reddington

Reddington proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Reddington (countable and uncountable, plural Reddingtons)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Indiana, United States.

Forms of Reddington

pluralReddingtons
alternative formRedington

Origin of Reddington

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in England, from an Old English personal name *Rēada + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Reddington

What does Reddington mean?
Reddington means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Reddington?
Reddington is a proper noun.

Words near Reddington in the dictionary

  1. redding up
  2. Reddinger
  3. Reddingers
  4. reddingite
  5. Reddings
  6. Reddington
  7. Reddingtons
  8. Reddins
  9. reddiquette
  10. Reddis
  11. reddish

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