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Cottingham

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From the Old English personal name Cotta + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

proper noun Cottinghams

  1. countable, uncountable A large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0432).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Corby borough (OS grid ref SP8490).
  3. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Cottingham." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cottingham. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

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@misc{cottingham_2026,
  title = {Cottingham},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cottingham},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}