Conington

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Conington

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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.

proper noun Coningtons · Cunnington

countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786).
countable, uncountable A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3266).
countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{conington_2026,
  title = {Conington},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conington},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}