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Kennington

  • /ˈkɛnɪŋtən/ UK

Where it comes from

# For the place in Kent: 'Royal manor', from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + -ing + tūn (“manor”).

# For the places in Oxfordshire & London: 'The estate of Cena', from Old English personal name Cēna + -ing + tūn (“estate”).

proper noun Kenningtons

  1. countable, uncountable A suburb of London in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3178).
  2. countable, uncountable A suburb and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0244).
  3. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5202).
  4. countable, uncountable A settlement in Southland, New Zealand.
  5. countable, uncountable A suburb of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
  6. countable, uncountable A surname.

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"Kennington." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kennington. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

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

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@misc{kennington_2026,
  title = {Kennington},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kennington},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}