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Wallingford

Proper noun

Meaning

A neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.

A town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

An English habitational surname from the place name.

A town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States.

A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6089).

A small city in Emmet County, Iowa, United States.

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Examples

Besides the Chinese astronomical clock of Su Song in 1088 mentioned above, in Europe there were the clocks constructed by Richard of Wallingford in St Albans by 1336, and by Giovanni de Dondi in Padua from 1348 to 1364. Source: Internet

A native of Cambodia, he escaped forced labor camps in 1976 and was resettled as a refugee in Wallingford, Connecticut. Source: Internet

Although she lived for most of each year in Wallingford in Oxfordshire, the town where she was born celebrates its most famous daughter throughout the year but most especially during this week in September. Source: Internet

Events * English abbot Richard of Wallingford describes the construction of an astronomical clock in his Tractatus Horologii Astronomici. Source: Internet

In the aftermath of Wallingford, Stephen and Henry spoke together privately about a potential end to the war; Stephen's son Eustace, however, was furious about the peaceful outcome at Wallingford. Source: Internet

Just before Christmas, the Empress left the castle unobserved, crossed the icy river on foot and made her escape to Wallingford. Source: Internet

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