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Abingdon

American  
[ab-ing-duhn] / ˈæb ɪŋ dən /

noun

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


Abingdon British  
/ ˈæbɪŋdən /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Our undercover reporter, Lucy Vallance, got a job in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in an own-brand office.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2025

Kroger #255 in Abingdon, VA, and Kroger #328 in Kingsport, TN, are slated to close on Sept. 19.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2025

The first of the government's "AI growth zones" will be in Culham, Oxfordshire, at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's campus – seven miles from the site of a planned new reservoir at Abingdon.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2025

There will also be a new Abingdon Reservoir near Oxford.

From BBC Jan. 29, 2025

Several meadows were flooded around Oxford and Abingdon, but that was nothing unusual; the trouble was that the water wasn’t draining away, and further down the river a number of villages were under threat.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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