English Explanatory Dictionary

Maitland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
  2. A place name:
  3. A city and local government area in New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A town in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.
  5. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
  6. A suburban city in Orange County, Florida, United States.
  7. A minor city in Holt County, Missouri, United States.
  8. A ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
  9. A village in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after Peregrine Maitland.

Word forms

Maitland Maitlands

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly a nickname for an ungracious individual, from Anglo-Norman maltalent (“bad temper”). However, it could also derive from the French village of Mautalant, in Normandy.

Derived words

East Maitland Maitland Bar Maitland Vale South Maitland
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