name · noun · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)θ
homophone: Garth
CMU ARPABET:G AA1 R TH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Meaning 1
A number of places in Wales:
A village in Maesteg community, Bridgend borough (OS grid ref SS8690).
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Meaning 2
A number of places in Wales:
A small village in Trefeurig community, Ceredigion (OS grid ref SN6484).
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Meaning 3
A number of places in Wales:
A hamlet near Ffynnongroyw, Llanasa community, Flintshire (OS grid ref SJ1381).
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Meaning 4
A number of places in Wales:
A northern suburb of Bangor, Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH5873).
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Meaning 5
A number of places in Wales:
A suburban area in Porthmadog community, Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH5637).
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Meaning 6
A number of places in Wales:
A hamlet near Llanhennock, Llangybi community, Monmouthshire (OS grid ref ST3492).
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Meaning 7
A number of places in Wales:
A suburb in Graig community, City of Newport (OS grid ref ST2687).
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Meaning 8
A number of places in Wales:
A suburb of Knighton, Powys (OS grid ref SO2872).
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Meaning 9
A number of places in Wales:
A small village in Treflys community, Powys (OS grid ref SN9549).
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Meaning 10
A number of places in Wales:
A small village in Llangollen Rural community, Wrexham borough (OS grid ref SJ2543).
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Meaning 11
A small settlement in South Nesting, Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4754).
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Meaning 12
A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
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Meaning 13
A male given name from Welsh, shortened form of Gareth
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Meaning 14
A surname.
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Meaning 15
A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
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Meaning 16
A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a cloister garth
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Meaning 17
A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England
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Meaning 18
A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Germanic
Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
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Meaning 19
A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
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Usage: Germanic
Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
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Meaning 20
A dam or weir for catching fish.
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History
Etymology
Welsh garth probably has its influence on Welsh place names.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gherdh- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ghórdhos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Old Norse garðrbor. Middle English garth English garth Inherited from Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence the English doublet yard, and also a doublet of garden.