Definition of "Hastings"

A place name, including:

1. A town and borough of East Sussex, England.  examples

2. A city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.  examples

3. The Hastings River, a river in New South Wales, Australia, which flows into the Tasman Sea at Port Macquarie. Named after Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings.  examples

4. A city, the county seat of Barry County, Michigan, United States.  examples

5. A city, the county seat of Dakota County, Minnesota, United States, located in Dakota County and Washington County.  examples

6. A city, the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska, United States.  examples

A habitational surname from Old English.  examples

A surname originating as a patronymic.  examples