Lexington

//ˈlɛk.sɪŋ.tən// name

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  1. 1
    Any number of places in the USA.; A small city, the county seat of Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
  2. 2
    Any number of places in the USA.; A city, the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, consolidated with the county.
  3. 3
    Any number of places in the USA.; A town, the county seat of Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  4. 4
    Any number of places in the USA.; A township and village therein, in Sanilac County, Michigan.
  5. 5
    Any number of places in the USA.; A city, the county seat of Holmes County, Mississippi.
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  1. 6
    Any number of places in the USA.; A city, the county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri.
  2. 7
    Any number of places in the USA.; A city, the county seat of Dawson County, Nebraska.
  3. 8
    Any number of places in the USA.; A city, the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina.
  4. 9
    Any number of places in the USA.; A town, the county seat of Lexington County, South Carolina.
  5. 10
    Any number of places in the USA.; A city, the county seat of Henderson County, Tennessee.
  6. 11
    Any number of places in the USA.; An independent city, the county seat of Rockbridge County, Virginia.
  7. 12
    Any number of places in the USA.; A number of other townships, including in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Minnesota, Missouri, and Ohio, listed under Lexington Township.
  8. 13
    The battle of Lexington, one of the first battles in the American Revolutionary War, see Wikipedia:Battles of Lexington and Concord.

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"Lexington, Kentucky, is the horse capital of the world."

Etymology

From personal name Leaxa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“settlement”). The town in Massachusetts may have been named after the town of Laxton (formerly spelled Lexington) in Nottinghamshire, or after Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton (whose title refers to the same place). The other US towns are named after the town in Massachusetts, the site of an important Revolutionary War battle.

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