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kington

/kˈɪŋtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
king-ton
IPA
/kˈɪŋtən/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2956).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish (served by Kington and Dormston Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9856).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Kingtons (plural)

Phrases

Kington Langley Kington Magna Kington Rural Kington St Michael West Kington

Questions

How do you pronounce kington?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɪŋtən/.
What does kington mean?
A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2956).
Where does kington come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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