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Abington
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English
Etymology
From the en ang - personal name ang Abba + ang -ing belonging to + ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town.
Pronunciation
en /ˈæb.ɪŋ.tən/ US
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
The villages and civil parishes of en Great Abington and en Little Abington in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, known as The Abingtons.
en suburb town/Northampton uauth/West Northamptonshire co/Northamptonshire cc/England previously in bor/Northampton OS grid ref SP7861.
en village carea/South Lanarkshire cc/Scotland OS grid ref NS9323.
en civil parish/and/townland co/Limerick c/Ireland.
en civil parish in co/Tipperary c/Ireland.
en locality in the carea/Uralla north eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en uncountable en number of places c/USA:
en village town:pref/Pomfret co/Windham County s/Connecticut.
en twp co/Mercer County s/Illinois.
en twp/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Wayne County s/Indiana.
en town co/Plymouth County southeastern s/Massachusetts, south of Boston. TopoZone: Abington, Massachusetts
en twp co/Montgomery County s/Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
en countable en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Great Abington Little Abington North Abington
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Abington is the 82908th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 227 individuals. Abington is most common among White (58.15%) and Black/African American (35.68%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en abginnot Baginton batoning