English Explanatory Dictionary

Hartland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS2524).
  3. A town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
  6. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
  7. A township in Kearny County, Kansas.
  8. A town in Somerset County, Maine.
  9. A census-designated place in Livingston County, Michigan.
  10. A city in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
  11. A ghost town in Ward County, North Dakota.
  12. A town in Niagara County, New York.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑː(ɹ)t.lənd/

Word forms

Hartland Hartlands

Etymology

From Old English heorot (“hart”) + land (“land”), because the village in Devon is situated on a peninsula whose form resembles a hart. The town in New Brunswick is named after surveyor James R. Hartley (1833 - 1868).

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