Lexington

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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.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lexington

  1. Any number of places in the USA.
    1. A small city, the county seat of Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
    2. A city, the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, consolidated with the county.
    3. A town, the county seat of Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    4. A city, the county seat of Holmes County, Mississippi.
    5. A city, the county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri.
    6. A city, the county seat of Dawson County, Nebraska.
    7. A city, the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina.
    8. A town, the county seat of Lexington County, South Carolina.
    9. A city, the county seat of Henderson County, Tennessee.
    10. An independent city, the county seat of Rockbridge County, Virginia.
  2. 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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References

  1. ^ William Henry Whitmore (1873) “On the Origin of the Name of the Town of Lexington”, in An Essay on the Origin of the Names of Towns in Massachusetts, Settled Prior to A.D. 1775, Boston: John Wilson and Son, →OCLC, pages 3–9
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