Wellington

• (noun) wellington

From Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman. From Old English Weolingtun, meaning "wealthy estate".

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛl.ɪŋ.tən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈwel.əŋ.tən/, [ˈwɛlɪŋtən]

• Audio (AU)

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• Hyphenation: Wel‧ling‧ton

Wellington (countable and uncountable, plural Wellingtons)

1. The capital city of New Zealand. [1]

   Abbreviation: Wgton.

2. (metonymically) by extension, the Government of New Zealand.

   Synonym: Beehive

3. Wellington Region, a region in the south of the North Island, New Zealand, which includes the capital.
4. Several places in England:
   1. A locality in Gosforth parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0704).
   2. A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948). [2]
   3. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6511). [3]
   4. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST1320). [4]
5. Any of several places in a select number of countries, including:
   1. A town in The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India.
   2. A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
6. A number of places in Australia:
   1. A town in Sumner County, New South Wales.
   2. A tiny township in South Australia.
   3. The Shire of Wellington, a local government area in eastern Victoria.
   4. Ellipsis of Wellington Land District., A district of Tasmania.
7. A number of places in Canada:
   1. A neighborhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
   2. A former name of a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now called Dover.
   3. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia; a suburb of Halifax.
   4. A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
   5. A community in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
   6. A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
   7. An unincorporated place and community in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
   8. A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
8. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama.
   2. A statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado.
   3. A village in Palm Beach County, Florida.
   4. A village in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County, Florida.
   5. A city, the county seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
   6. A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky; a suburb of Louisville.
   7. An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky.
   8. A small city in Piscataquis County, Maine.
   9. An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan.
   10. An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, also Wellingtons and Wellingtons Station.
   11. A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
   12. A city, the county seat of Collingsworth County, Texas.
   13. A small city in Carbon County, Utah.
   14. Former name of Tye, King County, Washington, which later became a ghost town.
   15. A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
9. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
10. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

1. (card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.

Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised this style of boot.

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

1. Ellipsis of Wellington boot.

Generalization from beef Wellington.

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

1. (cooking) Meat baked in a puff pastry.

Wellington

1. Wellington (a town in Western Cape, South Africa)
2. Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

• Wellingtonner
• Wellingtons

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛlɪŋkton]

Wellington m inan (related adjective wellingtonský)

1. Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

• Wellington in Internetová jazyková příručka

Unadapted borrowing from English Wellington.

• IPA^(key): /wɛˈliŋk.tɔn/

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• Rhymes: -iŋktɔn
• Syllabification: We‧lling‧ton

Wellington m inan

1. Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

• Wellington in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English Wellington.

Wellington

1. Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

Wellington m

1. a male given name of Brazilian usage

Wellington m inan (genitive singular Wellingtonu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Wellington (the capital of New Zealand)

• “Wellington”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Wellington f

1. Wellington

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛlɪŋˌtən/

Wellington f

1. Wellington (the capital of New Zealand)

H-prothesis does not affect this word as the ⟨w⟩ here represents the semivowel /w/ rather than a vowel sound.