Wellington
proper nounnounnounnounattested in dialogue
- United States//ˈwɛlɪŋtən//
- Australia//ˈweləŋtən//
- New Zealand//ˈweləŋtən//
The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.
proper noun
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The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.
Abbreviation: Wgton.
After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand.
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The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region. by extension, the Government of New Zealand.
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A region in the south of the North Island, New Zealand, which includes the capital; in full, Wellington Region.
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Some places in England: A locality in Gosforth parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0704).
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Some places in England: A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948).
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Some places in England: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6511).
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Some places in England: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1320).
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Any of several places in a select number of countries, including: A town in The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Any of several places in a select number of countries, including: A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
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A number of places in Australia: A town in Sumner County, New South Wales.
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A number of places in Australia: A tiny township in South Australia.
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A number of places in Australia: A local government area in eastern Victoria; in full, the Shire of Wellington.
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A number of places in Canada: A neighborhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
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A number of places in Canada: A former name of a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now called Dover.
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A number of places in Canada: A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia; a suburb of Halifax.
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A number of places in Canada: A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
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A number of places in Canada: A community in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
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A number of places in Canada: A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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A number of places in Canada: An unincorporated place and community in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
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A number of places in Canada: A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama.
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A number of places in the United States: A statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Palm Beach County, Florida.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County, Florida.
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A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States: A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky; a suburb of Louisville.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky.
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A number of places in the United States: A small city in Piscataquis County, Maine.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, also Wellingtons and Wellingtons Station.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Collingsworth County, Texas.
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A number of places in the United States: A small city in Carbon County, Utah.
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A number of places in the United States: Former name of Tye, King County, Washington, which later became a ghost town.
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A number of places in the United States: A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
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A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.
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Variant of the Wellington Land DistrictA number of places in Australia: Ellipsis of the Wellington Land District: a land district in Tasmania, Australia.
Etymology
From earlier Wēolingtūn, from: # For the place in Shropshire, England: Partly uncertain. The second element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come either from *wœling (“ridge, bank”), or else from *wēoling (“device, artefact”). # For the place in Somerset, England: Partly obscure. The last element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come from either the personal name *Wēola + ing, or else *wēoling (“trap”). # Many places with this name are named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
noun
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In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.
noun
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Variant of Wellington bootEllipsis of Wellington boot.
Etymology
Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised this style of boot.
noun
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Meat or other filling baked in a puff pastry.
Etymology
Generalization from beef Wellington.
Forms
- plural
- Wellingtons
Wellington · The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.
Wells · An English topographic surname from Middle English for…welsh · To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt,…Welsh · Of or pertaining to Wales.