Hastings

//ˈheɪ.stɪŋz// name, noun

Definitions

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