# Arlington

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɑː.lɪŋ.tən/ · frequency rank #10,648

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40. Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, an American military cemetery.

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name Ælfrēd + -ing (“called after”) + tūn (“estate”), literally, “estate named after Alfred”.
Many of the place names in the United States derive from Arlington House, formerly the plantation of Robert E. Lee.

## Common misspellings (14)
`alrington`, `arilngton`, `arlignton`, `arlinggton`, `arlingotn`, `arlingtno`, `arlingtonn`, `arlingtton`, `arlinngton`, `arlintgon`, `arllington`, `arlnigton`, `arrlington`, `ralington`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/arlington