Warwick
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
Etymology
From Middle English Warwyk, from Old English Wǣringwīċ (literally “dwelling by the weir”), from wer (“weir”) + -ing (“of the”, used with masculine nouns) + wīċ (“dwelling place, village”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɒɹɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈwɔɹɪk/
- (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈwɑɹɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk
Proper noun
Warwick
- A town in and the county town of Warwickshire, England.
- A local government district in Warwickshire formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Leamington Spa.
- A habitational surname from Old English from the English town.
- Any of various other towns and cities around the world taking their name from the English town or from someone with this surname.
- A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York, United States.
- A city in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States.
- A town and locality in south-east Queensland, Australia, south-west of Brisbane.
Derived terms
Translations
county town of Warwickshire
|
Paronyms
Anagrams
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɒɹɪk
- Rhymes:English/ɒɹɪk/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in Warwickshire, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Places in Warwickshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Districts of Warwickshire, England
- en:Districts of England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Towns in New York, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Villages in New York, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Rhode Island, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Rhode Island, USA
- en:Towns in Queensland
- en:Towns in Australia
- en:Places in Queensland
- en:Places in Australia
- en:Boroughs in England
- English terms suffixed with -wick