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)
- A part of the East End of Long Island, New York.
- Meronyms: East Hampton, Southampton
- Synonym: South Fork
References
- Quarterly Bulletin, volume 2, US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, 1985, OCLC 366107591, page 17
- Oscar Fay Adams (1903), “Southampton”, in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, volume 34, issue 4, OCLC 1760071, page 281