Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conington

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: con-ing-ton
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable

Etymology

From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; manor; town”), perhaps under the influence of Old Norse konungs (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the source of the placenames Coniston and Coniston Cold. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, Coningsby, and Conisbrough.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: cyning

Usage

Inflected Forms

Coningtons (plural) Cunnington (alternative)

Questions

What does conington mean?: A placename:
Where does conington come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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