Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A placename:
An upper-class suburb of London in the borough of Haringey, borough of Camden and borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2887).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A village in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7630).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0785).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A village in Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0197).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A settlement on the north coast of Jamaica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A habitational surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A highway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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History
From Old English hēah (“high”) + ġeat (“gate”).
From Middle English hiȝe gate, heiȝe gate, heie gate, equivalent to high + gate (“a way, a road, a path”).
