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1. Worthing

   Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, 10 miles (16 km) west of Brighton, and 18 miles (29 km) east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of 12.5 square miles (32.4 km2), the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hove built-up area, the 15th most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Since 2010, northern parts of the borough, including the Worthing Downland Estate, have formed part of the South Downs National Park. In 2019, the Art Deco Worthing Pier was named the best in Britain.Lying within the borough, the Iron Age hill fort of Cissbury Ring is one of Britain's largest. The recorded history of Worthing began with the Domesday Book. It is historically part of Sussex in the rape of Bramber; Goring, which forms part of the rape of Arundel, was incorporated in 1929. Worthing was a small mackerel fishing hamlet for many centuries until, in the late 18th century, it developed into an elegant Georgian seaside resort and attracted the well-known and wealthy of the day. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the area was one of Britain's chief market gardening centres.Modern Worthing has a large service industry, particularly in financial services. It has three theatres and one of Britain's oldest cinemas, the Dome. Writers Oscar Wilde and Harold Pinter lived and worked in the town.

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1. Worthing

   Worthing or is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, in the historic county of Sussex. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, 10 miles west of Brighton, and 18 miles east of the county town of Chichester. With an estimated population of 104,600 and an area of 12.5 square miles the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation, which makes it part of the 12th most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. The area around Worthing has been populated for at least 6,000 years and contains Britain's greatest concentration of Stone Age flint mines, which are some of the earliest mines in Europe. Lying within the borough, the Iron Age hill fort of Cissbury Ring is one of Britain's largest. Worthing means " Worth/Worō's people", from the Old English personal name Worth/Worō, and -ingas "people of". For many centuries Worthing was a small mackerel fishing hamlet until in the late 18th century it developed into an elegant Georgian seaside resort and attracted the well-known and wealthy of the day. In the 19th and 20th centuries the area was one of Britain's chief market gardening centres.

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1. Worthing

   a fashionable watering-place on the Sussex coast, 10½ m. SW. of Brighton; has a mild climate, fine sands, and a long wide parade.

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1. WORTHING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Worthing is ranked #28587 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Worthing surname appeared 834 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Worthing.
   
   94% or 784 total occurrences were White.
   2.8% or 24 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 15 total occurrences were Black.
   0.9% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for worthing »

1. ingrowth

2. throwing

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1. Alex

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of worthing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of worthing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of worthing in a Sentence

1. Oscar Wilde:

   To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune to lose both looks like carelessness.

2. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895, Act I:

   To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worthing
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=worthing
3. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Worthing
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html