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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

covington

/kˈʌvɪŋtən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables
cov-ing-ton
IPA
/kˈʌvɪŋtən/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9739).

Countable; Uncountable

name

An English habitational surname from the village in England.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locale in the United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locale in the United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locale in the United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locale in the United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locale in the United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”); literally “Cofa’s Town”.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Covingtons (plural)

Phrases

Covington County Fort Covington

Questions

How do you pronounce covington?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈʌvɪŋtən/.
What does covington mean?
A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).
Where does covington come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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