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edgington

/ˈɛdʒɪŋtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
edg-ing-ton
IPA
/ˈɛdʒɪŋtən/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community and township in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from a lost place, from the Old English personal name Eċġa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Edgingtons (plural) Edginton (alternative) Eginton (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce edgington?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛdʒɪŋtən/.
What does edgington mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does edgington come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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