Orwell
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English
Etymology
From Middle English Orewelle (attested in Chaucer). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orwell
- A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3650). [1]
- A tidal river in Suffolk, England.
- A settlement in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A place in the United States:
- A township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
- A town in Oswego County, New York, named after Orwell, Vermont.
- A village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, named after Orwell, Vermont.
- A township and unincorporated community in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Addison County, Vermont.
- An English surname (George Orwell took his name from the River Orwell).
Usage notes
In addition to the construction Orwellian, it is very common to use the author's pseudo-surname as a stand-in for "totalitarian" and to make coinages based on it, e.g. "Orwellabama" (Orwell + Alabama)[2] or "Orwellesque".[3]
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surname
References
- ^ Parish map (Cambridgeshire)
- ^ "Orwellabama? Crimson Tide Track Locations to Keep Students at Games", The New York Times (September 12, 2019)
- ^ "George Orwell is stealing my work", American Thinker (November 14, 2016)