Hastings (Noun) — A town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place.
Hastings (Noun) — The decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest.
Hastings (Noun) — United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929).