Reading

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A large town in Berkshire, England.
    • A unitary authority and borough (Reading Borough Council) in Berkshire.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A minor city in Lyon County, Kansas.

    2. 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...
    3. A city and township in Hillsdale County, Michigan.

    4. An unincorporated community in Nobles County, Minnesota.

    5. A ghost town in Pike County, Missouri.

    6. A town in Schuyler County, New York.

    7. A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.

    8. An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.

    9. A city, the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, named after Reading in Berkshire, England.

    10. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.

    11. A number of other townships, listed under Reading Township.

  4. 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.

Derived

North Reading