Eastwood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A suburban area of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8389).
  3. A town and civil parish with a town council in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4646).
  4. A small hamlet in Todmorden parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9625).
  5. A residential area in southwestern Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5560).
  6. A suburb of Sydney in the City of Ryde and City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
  7. A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
  8. A suburb of Pretoria, South Africa.
  9. A community in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
  10. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  11. Several places in the United States:
  12. A ghost town in San Diego County, California.
noun
  1. A brave, tough, hardy man.
verb
  1. To talk to an empty chair that represents a person who declined to appear

Pronunciation

/ˈiːstwʊd/ En-au-Eastwood.ogg

Word forms

Eastwood Eastwoods Eastwooding Eastwooded

Etymology

Compound of east + wood.

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