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Shillington

Shillington proper noun: a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1234).

Proper noun

Shillington (countable and uncountable, plural Shillingtons)

  1. A village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1234).
  2. A borough of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Shillington

pluralShillingtons

Origin of Shillington

From the Old English personal name *Scyttel + -ing + dūn (“hill”).

Questions about Shillington

What does Shillington mean?
Shillington means a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1234).
What part of speech is Shillington?
Shillington is a proper noun.

Words near Shillington in the dictionary

  1. shillingless
  2. shillings
  3. Shillingstone
  4. shillingsworth
  5. shillingsworths
  6. Shillington
  7. Shillingtons
  8. shillingworth
  9. shillingworths
  10. shillmon
  11. shillmons

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