Liverpool
Meanings
name
- A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world.
- A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- A local government area in New South Wales, which includes the suburb; in full, the City of Liverpool.
- A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A small village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
- A neighbourhood of Lake Station, on the site of Liverpool, a former town in Lake County, Indiana.
- A village in Onondaga County, New York, United States.
- A small borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A tiny city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.
noun
- An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of an oxer or vertical jump with a small pool of water or a tarpaulin underneath.
- Ellipsis of Liverpool bit.
noun
- Alternative form of Liverpool (“horse jump obstacle”).
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Etymology
From Old English *Liferpōl, from lifer (“thick water”, literally “liver”) + pōl (“pool”). Compare Old English lifrig (“thick, clotted”, literally “livery”).
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