Wellington

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See also: wellington

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman. From Old English Weolingtun, meaning "wealthy estate".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Wellington (countable and uncountable, plural Wellingtons)

  1. The capital city of New Zealand. [1]
    Abbreviation: Wgton.
  2. (metonymically) by extension, the Government of New Zealand.
    Synonym: Beehive
  3. Wellington Region, a region in the south of the North Island, New Zealand, which includes the capital.
  4. Several places in England:
    1. A locality in Gosforth parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0704).
    2. A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948). [2]
    3. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6511). [3]
    4. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1320). [4]
  5. Any of several places in a select number of countries, including:
    1. A town in The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India.
    2. A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
  6. A number of places in Australia:
    1. A town in Sumner County, New South Wales.
    2. A tiny township in South Australia.
    3. The Shire of Wellington, a local government area in eastern Victoria.
    4. Ellipsis of Wellington Land District., A district of Tasmania.
  7. A number of places in Canada:
    1. A neighborhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
    2. A former name of a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now called Dover.
    3. A community of the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia; a suburb of Halifax.
    4. A community of Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
    5. A community of Queens County, Nova Scotia.
    6. A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    7. An unincorporated place and community of Prince Edward County, Ontario.
    8. A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
  8. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama.
    2. A statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado.
    3. A village in Palm Beach County, Florida.
    4. A village in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County, Florida.
    5. A city, the county seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
    6. A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky; a suburb of Louisville.
    7. An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky.
    8. A small city in Piscataquis County, Maine.
    9. An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan.
    10. An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, also Wellingtons and Wellingtons Station.
    11. A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
    12. A city, the county seat of Collingsworth County, Texas.
    13. A small city in Carbon County, Utah.
    14. Former name of Tye, King County, Washington, which later became a ghost town.
    15. A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
  9. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
  10. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.
Derived terms

Noun

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

  1. (card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.
Translations

Etymology 2

A pair of Wellington boots

Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised this style of boot.

Noun

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

  1. Ellipsis of Wellington boot.
Translations

Etymology 3

Generalization from beef Wellington.

Noun

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

  1. (cooking) Meat baked in a puff pastry.

References

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia af

Proper noun

Wellington

  1. Wellington (a town in Western Cape, South Africa)
  2. Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

Derived terms

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Wellington m inan (related adjective wellingtonský)

  1. Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

Declension

Further reading

  • Wellington”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Wellington.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Wellington m inan

  1. Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Wellington.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Wellington

  1. Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

Proper noun

Wellington m

  1. a male given name of Brazilian usage

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Proper noun

Wellington m inan (genitive singular Wellingtonu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Wellington (the capital of New Zealand)

References

  • Wellington”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Proper noun

Wellington f

  1. Wellington

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Wellington f

  1. Wellington (the capital of New Zealand)

Mutation

H-prothesis does not affect this word as the ⟨w⟩ here represents the semivowel /w/ rather than a vowel sound.