Word info

Haddington

Proper noun

Meaning

A neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

a Scottish earldom.

A town, the administrative centre of East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5173).

A historical county of Scotland, renamed East Lothian in 1921. Also known as Haddingtonshire.

A hamlet in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9163).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

It consisted of 23 good and lawful men, chosen out of 48 who were summoned: 24 from the county of Edinburgh ( Midlothian ), 12 from Haddington ( East Lothian ) and 12 from Linlithgow ( West Lothian ). Source: Internet

He won races at East Fortune near Haddington, Beveridge Park in Kirkcaldy and at Knockhill near Dunfermline as well events in England with some success. Source: Internet

Defending champions Tranent put up a bold bid to retain their title and ended the campaign with an 8-0 win at home against East Linton; but left them viewing a league table showing them one point adrift of Haddington. Source: Internet

They held off competition from Law Primary School, North Berwick, to take the title, while King’s Meadow, Haddington, finished in third. Source: Internet

On its final journey the train stopped at Longniddry, where it handed the safety key, which allowed only one train at a time to travel on the single-line route to Haddington, to the signalman for the last time. Source: Internet

President John McDougall said: “It is an important fortnight for us and we have to take some points from these two games to ensure we stay ahead of Livingston and Haddington at the foot of the table. Source: Internet

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