Abingdon

[ ab-ing-duhn ]

noun

1. a town in S Oxfordshire, in S England, on the Thames: site of Benedictine abbey founded 7th century a.d.

Abingdon

/ ˈæbɪŋdən /

noun

1. a market town in S England, in Oxfordshire. Pop: 36 010 (2001)

Example Sentences

Instead, Oxitec can just ship eggs in a phase of suspended development from its home base in Abingdon, England, to whatever location around the world, high-tech or not, wants to deploy them.

From Science News

He said he read about one couple who drove nearly five hours each way from the Richmond area to Abingdon to get a vaccine.

From ProPublica

Lords Brougham and Abingdon commended the measure as far as it went; but they still thought it incomplete.

From Project Gutenberg

All he did was dining at the ordinary at Abingdon; and he got into parliament for the moderate sum of eighteen-pence!

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In 1327, the scholars and citizens of Oxford pillaged the opulent Benedictine abbey of the neighbouring town of Abingdon.

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Mr. Blower afterwards removed to Abingdon, in Berks, where he died in 1701.

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Good Master Roysse was one of the many charitable benefactors who seem to have flourished in the genial soil of Abingdon.

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