Hastings
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 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
- 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.
Example
More examples"This is the place where the battle of Hastings took place."
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.
From haste.
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