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Worthington

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From the Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Worthingtons

  1. countable, uncountable A civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD579102).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4020).
  3. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
  4. countable, uncountable A town in Greene County, Indiana.
  5. countable, uncountable A small city in Dubuque County, Iowa.
  6. countable, uncountable A city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States.
  7. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
  8. countable, uncountable A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  9. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Nobles County, Minnesota.
  10. countable, uncountable A township in Nobles County, Minnesota.
  11. countable, uncountable A village in Putnam County, Missouri.
  12. countable, uncountable A city in Franklin County, Ohio.
  13. countable, uncountable A township in Richland County, Ohio.
  14. countable, uncountable A borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
  15. countable, uncountable A town in Marion County, West Virginia.
  16. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: roberts, evans, studebaker, winton, woolston, worthing, waddon, worthingite, wilsthorpe, weston, holbrook, donnington, orton, west worthing, holwell, willington

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MLA

"Worthington." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/worthington. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{worthington_2026,
  title = {Worthington},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/worthington},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}