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Covington

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From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”); literally “Cofa’s Town”.

proper noun Covingtons

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570).
  2. countable, uncountable A hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9739).
  3. countable, uncountable An English habitational surname from the village in England.
  4. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Newton County, Georgia; named for Leonard Covington.
  5. countable, uncountable A township in Washington County, Illinois.
  6. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Fountain County, Indiana.
  7. countable, uncountable A city in Kentucky, United States and one of the two county seats of Kenton County; named for American general and statesman Leonard Covington.
  8. countable, uncountable A city, the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; named for Leonard Covington.
  9. countable, uncountable A township in Baraga County, Michigan.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Michigan; named for the city in Kentucky.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Missouri.
  12. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Nebraska.
  13. countable, uncountable A town in New York; named for Leonard Covington.
  14. countable, uncountable A village in Ohio.
  15. countable, uncountable A town in Oklahoma.
  16. countable, uncountable A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
  17. countable, uncountable A township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
  18. countable, uncountable A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
  19. countable, uncountable A village coterminous with Putnam Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
  20. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Tipton County, Tennessee; named for Leonard Covington.
  21. countable, uncountable A city in Texas.
  22. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Virginia; named for Leonard Covington.
  23. countable, uncountable A city in Washington; named for railroad surveyor Richard Covington.
  24. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Covington County

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: conington, hilton, winwick, upwood, easton, huntington, woodhurst, graveley, cuddington, coton, ellington, cubbington, buckden, stilton, haddon, cottingham

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"Covington." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/covington. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{covington_2026,
  title = {Covington},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/covington},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}