Reading

See also: reading

English

Etymology

From Old English Rēadingas, the name of a tribe or clan of early Anglo-Saxon England whose capital was at Reading.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛdɪŋ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ
• Homophone: redding

Proper noun

Reading

1. A surname.
2. A large town in Berkshire, England.

   A unitary authority (Reading Borough Council) in Berkshire.

3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Kansas.
   2. A town in Massachusetts.
   3. A city in Michigan.
   4. An unincorporated community in Nobles County, Minnesota.
   5. A town in New York.
   6. A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
   7. An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
   8. A city, the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania.
   9. A town in Vermont.
   10. A number of townships, listed under Reading Township.
4. A small town in Saint James parish, Jamaica.

Translations

the town

• Bulgarian: Рединг (Reding)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雷丁 (Léidīng)

• Danish: Reading
• Dutch: Reading
• Esperanto: Reading
• French: Reading (fr)
• German: Reading
• Greek: Ρέντινγκ (el) n (Réntingk)
• Macedonian: Рединг m (Reding)
• Telugu: రెడ్డిఙ్ (reḍḍiṅ)

Further reading

• Reading, Berkshire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dearing, dearing, deraign, gradine, grained, inraged