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English
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 )
The capital city of New Zealand . [ 1]
Abbreviation: Wgton.
( metonymically ) by extension, the Government of New Zealand.
Synonym: Beehive
Wellington Region , a region in the south of the North Island , New Zealand , which includes the capital.
Several places in England :
A locality in Gosforth parish, Copeland borough , Cumbria ( OS grid ref NY0704 ) .
A village and civil parish in Herefordshire ( OS grid ref SO4948) . [ 2]
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough , Shropshire ( OS grid ref SJ6511 ) . [ 3]
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset , previously in Somerset West and Taunton district ( OS grid ref ST1320 ) . [ 4]
Any of several places in a select number of countries, including:
A town in The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu , India .
A town in the Western Cape , South Africa .
A number of places in Australia :
A town in Sumner County , New South Wales .
A tiny township in South Australia .
The Shire of Wellington , a local government area in eastern Victoria .
Ellipsis of Wellington Land District ., A district of Tasmania .
A number of places in Canada :
A neighborhood of Nanaimo , British Columbia .
A former name of a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village in Newfoundland , Newfoundland and Labrador , now called Dover .
A community of the Regional Municipality of Halifax , Nova Scotia ; a suburb of Halifax .
A community of Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County , Nova Scotia .
A community of Queens County , Nova Scotia .
A community and rural municipality of Prince County , Prince Edward Island , Canada .
An unincorporated place and community of Prince Edward County , Ontario .
A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton , Alberta .
A number of places in the United States :
An unincorporated community in Calhoun County , Alabama .
A statutory town in Larimer County , Colorado .
A village in Palm Beach County , Florida .
A village in Lovejoy Township , Iroquois County , Florida .
A city, the county seat of Sumner County , Kansas .
A home rule city in Jefferson County , Kentucky ; a suburb of Louisville .
An unincorporated community in Menifee County , Kentucky .
A small city in Piscataquis County , Maine .
An unincorporated community in Gogebic County , Michigan .
An unincorporated community in Lyon County , Nevada , also Wellingtons and Wellingtons Station .
A village in Lorain County , Ohio .
A city, the county seat of Collingsworth County , Texas .
A small city in Carbon County , Utah .
Former name of Tye , King County , Washington , which later became a ghost town.
A small town in Monroe County , Wisconsin .
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , British soldier and statesman.
( countable ) A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.
Derived terms
Noun
Wellington (plural Wellingtons )
( card games ) In the game of nap , a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple , or losing double , the amount staked .
Translations
capital of New Zealand
Afrikaans: Wellington
Albanian: Wellington m
Amharic: ዌሊንግተን ( welingətän )
Arabic: وِيلِينْغْتُون f ( wilinḡtūn )
Armenian: Վելինգտոն ( Velington )
Azerbaijani: Vellinqton
Belarusian: Велінгто́н m ( Vjelinhtón ) , Вэ́лінгтан m ( Vélinhtan ) , Уэ́лінгтан m ( Uélinhtan )
Bengali: ওয়েলিংটন (bn) ( ōẇeliṅṭon )
Bulgarian: Уе́лингтън m ( Uélingtǎn )
Burmese: ဝယ်လင်တန် ( wailangtan )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 威靈頓 / 威灵顿 (zh) ( Wēilíngdùn ) ; 惠靈頓 / 惠灵顿 (zh) ( Huìlíngdùn )
Czech: Wellington (cs) m
Danish: Wellington n
Dutch: Wellington (nl) n
Estonian: Wellington (et)
Finnish: Wellington (fi)
French: Wellington (fr) f
Georgian: ველინგტონი ( velingṭoni ) , უელინგტონი ( uelingṭoni )
German: Wellington (de) n
Greek: Ουέλλινγκτον (el) n ( Ouéllingkton )
Hebrew: וֶלִינְגְּטוֹן f ( welington )
Hindi: वेलिंग्टन m ( veliṅgṭan )
Hungarian: Wellington (hu)
Icelandic: Wellington
Italian: Wellington (it)
Japanese: ウェリントン (ja) ( Werinton )
Kazakh: Веллингтон ( Velliñton )
Khmer: វែលីងតោន (km) ( vɛɛliingtoon )
Korean: 웰링턴 ( Wellingteon ) , 웰링톤 (ko) ( Wellington ) ( North Korea )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Wellington (ku)
Kyrgyz: Веллингтон ( Vellington )
Latvian: Velingtona f
Lithuanian: Velingtonas m
Macedonian: Велингтон m ( Velington )
Maltese: Wellington
Maori: Te Whanganui-a-Tara , Pōneke
Marathi: वेलिंग्टन ( veliṅgṭan )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Веллингтон ( Vellington )
Navajo: Tábąąh Naayolí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Wellington
Pashto: وېلېنګټن m ( welengṭán )
Persian: ولینگتون ( velington )
Polish: Wellington (pl) m
Portuguese: Wellington f
Romanian: Wellington (ro)
Russian: Ве́ллингтон (ru) m ( Véllington ) , Веллингто́н (ru) m ( Vellingtón ) , Уэ́ллингтон m ( Uéllington )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Велингтон m
Roman: Wellington m , Velington m
Slovak: Wellington m
Slovene: Wellington m
Spanish: Wellington (es) m
Swedish: Wellington (sv) n
Tajik: Веллингтон ( Vyellington )
Tatar: Веллингтон ( Wellington )
Thai: เวลลิงตัน ( weel-ling-dtân )
Turkish: Wellington
Turkmen: Wellington
Ukrainian: Ве́ллінгтон m ( Véllinhton ) , Веллінгто́н m ( Vellinhtón ) , Ве́ллінґтон m ( Véllington ) , Веллінґто́н m ( Vellingtón )
Urdu: ویلنگٹن m ( velingṭan )
Uyghur: ۋېللىنگتون ( wëllin'gton )
Uzbek: Vellington
Vietnamese: Oen-linh-tơn
Yiddish: וועלינגטאָן n ( velington )
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 )
Ellipsis of Wellington boot .
Translations
Etymology 3
Generalization from beef Wellington .
Noun
Wellington (plural Wellingtons )
( cooking ) Meat baked in a puff pastry.
References
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Wellington
Wellington (a town in Western Cape , South Africa )
Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand )
Derived terms
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wellington m inan (related adjective wellingtonský )
Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand )
Declension
Declension of Wellington (sg-only hard masculine inanimate )
Further reading
“Wellington ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Wellington .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /wɛˈliŋk.tɔn/
Rhymes: -iŋktɔn
Syllabification: We‧lling‧ton
Proper noun
Wellington m inan
Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand )
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Wellington .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wellington
Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand )
Proper noun
Wellington m
a male given name of Brazilian usage
Slovak
Proper noun
Wellington m inan (genitive singular Wellingtonu , declension pattern of dub )
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 , 2003–2024
Spanish
Proper noun
Wellington f
Wellington
Welsh
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wellington f (not mutable )
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.