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Hastings¹

  • /ˈheɪ.stɪŋz/

Rhymes with -eɪstɪŋz

Where it comes from

The placename in England is derived from the Old English tribal name Hæstingas (“Hæsta's people, the family/followers of Hæsta”), which was later transferred to their settlement.

The family name has two possible sources:

* from the place name

* a patronymic surname derived from the Anglo-Norman personal name Hasten(c), Hastang

The later place names in other countries are named either after people with that family name, or after the town of Hastings in England.

proper noun

  1. A town and borough in East Sussex, England.
  2. A hamlet in Ashill parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3116).
  3. A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
  4. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
  5. A community in Trent Hills municipality, Northumberland County, Ontario.
  6. A census-designated place in St. Johns County, Florida.
  7. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
  8. A minor city in Mills County, Iowa.
  9. A city, the county seat of Barry County, Michigan.
  10. A township in Barry County, Michigan.
  11. A city, the county seat of Dakota County, Minnesota, located in Dakota County and Washington County.
  12. A city, the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska.
  13. A town in Oswego County, New York, named after Hastings Curtiss.
  14. An unincorporated community in Barnes County, North Dakota.
  15. A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
  16. A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
  17. A village and beach resort in Christ Church parish, Barbados.
  18. A town in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
  19. A neighbourhood of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
  20. A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania.
  21. A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.
  22. A river in New South Wales, which flows into the Tasman Sea at Port Macquarie; named after Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings; in full, the Hastings River.
  23. A city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
  24. A habitational surname from Old English.
  25. A surname originating as a patronymic.

hastings²

  • /ˈheɪstɪŋz/

Where it comes from

From haste.

noun hasting

  1. dated, plural, plural normally Early fruit or vegetables, especially peas. The large white and green Hastings are tender , and not to be set till the cold is over , and then not very thick , for they spread much and mount high , and therefore require the help of tall Sticks

noun

  1. plural plural of hasting

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: metropolis, dear, hastening, speeding, dashing, racing, rushing, hurrying, barreling, bustling, darting, scrambling, bolting, scurrying, sprinting, zooming

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@misc{hastings_2026,
  title = {hastings},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hastings},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}