English Explanatory Dictionary

Ambergate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Ripley parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England, at the confluence of the Amber and Derwent rivers (OS grid ref SK3451).
  2. A suburb of the City of Busselton, Western Australia.

Word forms

Ambergate

Etymology

(In England) From Amber (“river”) + gate; it was originally named Toadmoor, and renamed after a turnpike tollgate (Amber Gate) after the railway station with this name opened in 1840. The etymology of the Australian place name is unclear.

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