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garth

name · noun · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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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name

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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name

Meaning 14

A surname.

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noun

Meaning 15

A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.

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noun

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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noun

Meaning 17

A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England

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noun

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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noun

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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noun

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.