Huntington

American  

[huhn-ting-tuhn] / ˈhʌn tɪŋ tən /

noun

1. Collis Potter, 1821–1900, U.S. railroad developer.

2. Samuel, 1731–96, U.S. statesman: governor of Connecticut 1786–96.

3. a city in W West Virginia, on the Ohio River.

4. a city in NE Indiana.

5. a male given name: from an Old English family name, meaning “hunting estate.”

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Example Sentences

“Ease” survived, but Abbe soon sold the work to railroad baron Collis Potter Huntington to help relieve his financial difficulties.

From The Wall Street Journal

Former Huntington Park basketball coach Joe Reed returned this year after 14 months on administrative leave after a parental complaint.

From Los Angeles Times

For more than 30 years after opening, the Huntington held the best art collection in the L.A. suburbs.

From Los Angeles Times

On Tuesday, after months without seeing her cardiologist, Newman was admitted to Huntington Hospital gasping for air, afraid to even close her eyes at night lest her daughter wake up an orphan.

From Los Angeles Times

Quite aside from race and ethnicity, there is no room in this construction for any acknowledgment of what Samuel Huntington called America’s “mainstream Anglo-Protestant culture.”

From The Wall Street Journal