Cannington
English
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Etymology
[edit]- In Somerset, recorded as Cantuctun c.880 and Cantoctona in 1086 (DB), a settlement by the Quantock Hills. Present spelling adopted c.1641.
- In Western Australia, from Canning + -ton, being named after the Canning River.
Proper noun
[edit]Cannington
- A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST2539). [1]
- A community in Brock township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
- A mine in McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia, named after a pastoral property.
- A suburb of Perth, in the City of Canning, Western Australia.
References
[edit]Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -ton
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Villages in Somerset, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Somerset, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Ontario
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Places in Queensland
- en:Places in Australia
- en:Suburbs in Western Australia
- en:Places in Perth
- en:Places in Western Australia