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Hastings
//ˈheɪ.stɪŋz// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A place name, including:; A town and borough in East Sussex, England.
- 2 A place name, including:; A hamlet in Ashill parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3116).
- 3 A place name, including:; A place in Canada:; A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
- 4 A place name, including:; A place in Canada:; A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
- 5 A place name, including:; A place in Canada:; A community in Trent Hills municipality, Northumberland County, Ontario.
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- 6 A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in St. Johns County, Florida.
- 7 A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
- 8 A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Mills County, Iowa.
- 9 A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Barry County, Michigan.
- 10 A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A township in Barry County, Michigan.
- 11 A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Dakota County, Minnesota, located in Dakota County and Washington County.
- 12 A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska.
- 13 A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Oswego County, New York, named after Hastings Curtiss.
- 14 A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Barnes County, North Dakota.
- 15 A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
- 16 A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
- 17 A place name, including:; A village and beach resort in Christ Church parish, Barbados.
- 18 A place name, including:; A town in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
- 19 A place name, including:; A neighbourhood of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- 20 A place name, including:; A place in Australia:; A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania.
- 21 A place name, including:; A place in Australia:; A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.
- 22 A place name, including:; A place in Australia:; 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 place name, including:; A city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
- 24 A habitational surname from Old English.
- 25 A surname originating as a patronymic.
Noun
- 1 Early fruit or vegetables, especially peas. dated, plural, plural-normally
"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"
- 2 plural of hasting form-of, plural
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
From haste.
Etymology 3
From haste.
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