Hastings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪ.stɪŋz/
rhymes: -eɪstɪŋz
Etymology: 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.
Senses: glosses: A place name, including:
A town and borough in East Sussex, England.
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A hamlet in Ashill parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3116).
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A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
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A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
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A community in Trent Hills municipality, Northumberland County, Ontario.
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A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in St. Johns County, Florida.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Mills County, Iowa.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Barry County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township in Barry County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Dakota County, Minnesota, located in Dakota County and Washington County.
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A city, the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska.
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A town in Oswego County, New York, named after Hastings Curtiss.
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An unincorporated community in Barnes County, North Dakota.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
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A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
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A village and beach resort in Christ Church parish, Barbados.
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A town in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
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A neighbourhood of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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A place in Australia:
A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania.
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A place in Australia:
A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.
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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.
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A city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Derived terms: Battle of Hastings
Burton Hastings
Centre Hastings
Hastings County
Leamington Hastings
Port Macquarie-Hastings