Hastings

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biographical name (1)

Has·​tings ˈhā-stiŋz 

1st Marquess of 1754–1826 Francis Rawdon-Hastings ˈrȯ-dᵊn-ˈhā-stiŋz  British general and colonial administrator

Hastings

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biographical name (2)

Warren 1732–1818 English statesman and administrator in India

Hastings

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geographical name

Has·​tings ˈhā-stiŋz 

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resort town on the Strait of Dover in east Sussex, southeastern England population 78,100

Note: Ten miles northwest of the town of Hastings is the scene of the battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, defeated the English King, Harold II, on October 14, 1066.

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city in southern Nebraska population 24,907

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Words of the Year: 1066

English was never the same after the Norman Conquest