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Ramsey

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈɹæmzi//

Any of a number of places, including: The second-largest town on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC4594).

proper noun

  1. 1

    Any of a number of places, including: The second-largest town on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC4594).

  2. 2

    Any of a number of places, including: A small town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, originally in the county of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL2885).

  3. 3

    Any of a number of places, including: A village in Ramsey and Parkeston parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2130).

  4. 4

    Any of a number of places, including: A ghost town in unorganised north Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 5

    Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: A township and village therein, in Fayette County, Illinois, named after Alexander Ramsey.

  6. 6

    Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Jackson Township, Harrison County, Indiana.

  7. 7

    Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: A township in Kossuth County, Iowa.

  8. 8

    Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: A city in Anoka County, Minnesota.

  9. 9

    Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota.

  10. 10

    Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.

  11. 11

    Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.

  12. 12

    Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia.

  13. 13

    Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.

  14. 14

    A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Huntingdonshire.

  15. 15

    A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymology

From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).

The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

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