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Ellington

  • /ˈɛlɪŋtən/

Where it comes from

From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Ellingtons

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1571).
  2. countable, uncountable A village in Ellington and Linton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2791).
  3. countable, uncountable A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
  4. countable, uncountable A township in Adams County, Illinois.
  5. countable, uncountable A township in Hancock County, Iowa.
  6. countable, uncountable A township in Tuscola County, Michigan.
  7. countable, uncountable A township in Dodge County, Minnesota.
  8. countable, uncountable A minor city in Reynolds County, Missouri.
  9. countable, uncountable A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
  10. countable, uncountable A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
  11. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: olney, elkins, millington, elliston, islip, parton, ellis, bucknell, bidwell, elton, elwood, lovell, ewing, henrietta, hamden, page

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MLA

"Ellington." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ellington. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{ellington_2026,
  title = {Ellington},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ellington},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}