English Explanatory Dictionary

Sunderland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear.
  3. A hamlet in Blindcrake parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale district (OS grid ref NY1735).
  4. A small coastal village in Overton parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4256).
  5. A place in the United States:
  6. An unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland.
  7. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, named after Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland.
  8. A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
  9. A town in Bennington County, Vermont.
  10. A community in Brock township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
  11. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʊndələnd/ /ˈsʌndələnd/ En-uk-Sunderland.ogg /ˈsʌndɚlənd/

Word forms

Sunderland

Etymology

From sunder + -land (see Wikipedia article for further etymological information).

Related words

Black Cat Mackem Wearside Wearsider

Derived words

North Sunderland Sunderland Bay Sunderland Bridge Sunderlander
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