Reading — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A surname.

2. A large town in Berkshire, England.

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   A unitary authority and borough (Reading Borough Council) in Berkshire.

3. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Lyon County, Kansas.

4. A number of places in the United States: A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

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   Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.

5. A number of places in the United States: A city and township in Hillsdale County, Michigan.

6. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Nobles County, Minnesota.

7. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Pike County, Missouri.

8. A number of places in the United States: A town in Schuyler County, New York.

9. A number of places in the United States: A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.

10. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.

11. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, named after Reading in Berkshire, England.

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    His district — which covers all but seven eastern Lancaster County municipalities along with Reading in Berks County and parts of western Chester County — was reconfigured to to ^([sic]) drop Berks and Chester while expanding to all of Lancaster County and adding southern York County.

12. A number of places in the United States: A town in Windsor County, Vermont.

13. A number of places in the United States: A number of other townships, listed under Reading Township.

14. A small town in Saint James parish, Jamaica.