Hamptons

English

Etymology

After the common ending of its constituent towns, Southampton, East Hampton, etc. Southampton was the first to be named, possibly in honor of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, or alternatively because many of its inhabitants originated from Southampton, England.[1][2]

Proper noun

Hamptons pl (plural only)

  1. A part of the East End of Long Island, New York.
    Synonym: South Fork
    Meronyms: East Hampton, Southampton
  2. The Hamptons, the areas of Hampton, Hampton Hill, Hampton Court and Hampton Wick in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England.

References
  1. Quarterly Bulletin, volume 2, US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, 1985, →OCLC, page 17
  2. Oscar Fay Adams (1903) “Southampton”, in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, volume 34, number 4, →OCLC, page 281
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