Harrington

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Harington

Proper noun

Harrington

1. A habitational surname from Old English from several places of that name in England.
2. A surname from Irish anglicised from the Irish Ó hArrachtáin "descendant of Arrachtán".
3. A fishing village located at the mouth of the Manning River, New South Wales, Australia.
4. A community in the township of Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
5. A township municipality in the Laurentides region, Quebec, Canada.
6. A village and ward in Workington civil parish, Allerdale borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NX9925).
7. A hamlet and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3671).
8. A hamlet and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP7780).
9. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Colusa County, California.
   2. A city in Kent County, Delaware.
   3. A town in Washington County, Maine.
   4. An unincorporated community in Bennett County, South Dakota.
   5. An unincorporated community in Alleghany County, Virginia.
   6. A city in Lincoln County, Washington.
10. An English earldom.

Derived terms

• Chu-Harrington limit
• Harrington: Harrington farthing
• harringtonine
• High Harrington

Noun

Harrington (plural Harringtons)

1. A short, light jacket with a zip front and often a tartan lining.