Reading
A surname.
Proper noun
- A surname.
- A large town in Berkshire, England.
- A unitary authority and borough (Reading Borough Council) in Berkshire.
- A number of places in the United States:
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A minor city in Lyon County, Kansas.
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A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and...
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A city and township in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
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An unincorporated community in Nobles County, Minnesota.
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A ghost town in Pike County, Missouri.
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A town in Schuyler County, New York.
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A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
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An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
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A city, the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, named after Reading in Berkshire, England.
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A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
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A number of other townships, listed under Reading Township.
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- A small town in Saint James parish, Jamaica.
Origin
From Old English Rēadingas, the name of a tribe or clan of early Anglo-Saxon England whose capital was at Reading. Not related to reading.