English Explanatory Dictionary

Bloomsbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An urban area and ward in the borough of Camden, London, known for its array of garden squares and its literary connections (OS grid ref TQ3082).
  2. A community in the County of Barrhead, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

Pronunciation

/bluːmzbəɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-Bloomsbury.wav

Word forms

Bloomsbury

Etymology

Recorded 1291 as Blemondesberi “manor held by the Blemond family”, from Blémont in France.

Derived words

Bloomsburian Bloomsburyan Bloomsberries
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on B Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary