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The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
by extension, the Government of New Zealand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, metonymically, uncountable
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Synonyms: Beehive
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name
A region in the south of the North Island, New Zealand, which includes the capital; in full, Wellington Region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Some places in England:
A locality in Gosforth parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0704).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Some places in England:
A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Some places in England:
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6511).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Any of several places in a select number of countries, including:
A town in The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Any of several places in a select number of countries, including:
A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in Australia:
A town in Sumner County, New South Wales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in Australia:
A tiny township in South Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in Australia:
A local government area in eastern Victoria; in full, the Shire of Wellington.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in Australia:
Ellipsis of the Wellington Land District: a land district in Tasmania, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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name
A number of places in Canada:
A neighborhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in Canada:
A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia; a suburb of Halifax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in Canada:
A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in Canada:
A community in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in Canada:
A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in Canada:
An unincorporated place and community in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A number of places in Canada:
A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in the United States:
A statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in the United States:
A village in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in the United States:
A village in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County, Florida.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A number of places in the United States:
A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky; a suburb of Louisville.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Piscataquis County, Maine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, also Wellingtons and Wellingtons Station.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A number of places in the United States:
A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A number of places in the United States:
A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, games
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noun
Ellipsis of Wellington boot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Meat or other filling baked in a puff pastry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Wellington (the boot).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
(19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Hessian boot, hessian, jackboot, Wellington boot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: boot
noun
the capital of New Zealand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: capital of New Zealand
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: national capital
noun
British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Duke of Wellington, First Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Iron Duke
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: general, full general, statesman, solon, national leader
History
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.
Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised this style of boot.
Generalization from beef Wellington.
Across languages
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
