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Arlington

  • /ˈɑː.lɪŋ.tən/ UK
  • /ˈɑɹ.lɪŋ.tən/ US

Where it comes from

From the Old English personal name Ælfrēd + -ing (“called after”) + tūn (“estate”), literally, “estate named after Alfred”.

Many of the place names in the United States derive from Arlington House, formerly the plantation of Robert E. Lee.

proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6140).
  2. A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5407).
  3. A village in Bibury parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP1006).
  4. An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama.
  5. A census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
  6. A community in the city of Riverside, Riverside County, California.
  7. An unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Colorado.
  8. A city in Calhoun County and Early County, Georgia.
  9. A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
  10. An unincorporated community in Rush County, Indiana.
  11. A small city in Fayette County, Iowa.
  12. A small city in Reno County, Kansas.
  13. A small home rule city in Carlisle County, Kentucky.
  14. A neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland.
  15. A large town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  16. A city in Sibley County, Minnesota.
  17. An unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri.
  18. A village in Washington County, Nebraska.
  19. A neighborhood of the town of Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey.
  20. A community and census-designated place in Dutchess County, New York.
  21. A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York.
  22. A former town in Yadkin County, North Carolina, merged into the town of Jonesville in 2001.
  23. A village in Hancock County, Ohio.
  24. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Ohio.
  25. A small city in Gilliam County, Oregon.
  26. A neighborhood in southern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  27. A small city in Brookings County and Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
  28. A sizable town in Shelby County, Tennessee.
  29. A large city in Tarrant County, Texas.
  30. A town in Bennington County, Vermont. An Arlington man was arrested for alleged drug possession after police say two people fell asleep in a car.
  31. A census-designated place which is coterminous with Arlington County, Virginia.
  32. An unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia.
  33. A city in Snohomish County, Washington.
  34. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
  35. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
  36. A town and village in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
  37. A community in Nova Scotia.
  38. A municipality of Saskatchewan.
  39. A community in Yukon.
  40. US Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, an American military cemetery.

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Closest in meaning: texas, suite, pottersfield, cemetery, graveyard, necropolis, gravesite, sepulcher, boneyard, mausoleum, crypt, sarcophagus, arington, arlen, arlidge, arlt

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"Arlington." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/arlington. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Arlington. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/arlington

Chicago

"Arlington." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/arlington.

BibTeX
@misc{arlington_2026,
  title = {Arlington},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arlington},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}