HASTINGS

n. port city in southeast England, one of the Cinque Ports; city in Nebraska (USA); city in New Zealand; family name; Thomas Hastings (1860-1929, famous United States architect who together with his partner John Merven Carrere founded a prominent architectural firm; Warren Hastings (1732-1818), British statesman who served as the first governor general of India (from 1773 to 1785); Battle of Hastings