Arlington
/ˈɑː.lɪŋ.tən/ name
name ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A place in England:; A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6140).
- 2 A place in England:; A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5407).
- 3 A place in England:; A village in Bibury parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP1006).
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A community in the city of Riverside, Riverside County, California.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Colorado.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Calhoun County and Early County, Georgia.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Rush County, Indiana.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Fayette County, Iowa.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Reno County, Kansas.
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; A small home rule city in Carlisle County, Kentucky.
- 14 A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland.
- 15 A number of places in the United States:; A large town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- 16 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Sibley County, Minnesota.
- 17 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri.
- 18 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Washington County, Nebraska.
- 19 A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood of Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey.
- 20 A number of places in the United States:; A community and census-designated place in Dutchess County, New York.
- 21 A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York.
- 22 A number of places in the United States:; A former town in Yadkin County, North Carolina, merged into the town of Jonesville in 2001.
- 23 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Hancock County, Ohio.
- 24 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Ohio.
- 25 A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Gilliam County, Oregon.
- 26 A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood in southern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 27 A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Brookings County and Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
- 28 A number of places in the United States:; A sizable town in Shelby County, Tennessee.
- 29 A number of places in the United States:; A large city in Tarrant County, Texas.
- 30 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Bennington County, Vermont.
- 31 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place which is coterminous with Arlington County, Virginia.
- 32 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia.
- 33 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Snohomish County, Washington.
- 34 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
- 35 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
- 36 A number of places in the United States:; A town and village in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
- 37 A number of places in Canada:; A community in Nova Scotia.
- 38 A number of places in Canada:; A municipality of Saskatchewan.
- 39 A number of places in Canada:; A community in Yukon.
- 40 Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, an American military cemetery. US
Example
More examples"J.F. Kennedy was buried in Arlington Cemetery."
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Ælfrēd + -ing (“called after”) + tūn (“estate”), literally, “estate named after Alfred”. Many of the place names in the United States derive from Arlington House, formerly the plantation of Robert E. Lee.