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Woking , district (1991 pop. 84,000), Surrey, SE England. Woking is primarily a residential suburb of London. There are printing, rubber, and packing industries. Of interest is a mosque built in 1889, headquarters of the Muslim Society of Great Britain.

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Woking, Canada, UK UK (England): formerly Wocchingas and Wochinges ‘(Territory of) Wocc's, or Wocca's, People’ from an Old English personal name and ‐ingas. They also gave their name to Wokingham ‘Homestead of Wocc's People’ with the additional hām.

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Woking Surrey. Wocchingas c.712, Wochinges 1086 (DB). ‘(Settlement of) the family or followers of a man called *Wocc(a)’. OE pers. name + -ingas.

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