English Explanatory Dictionary

Warwick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, and the county town of Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2865).
  2. A local government district in Warwickshire formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Leamington Spa.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English from the English town.
  4. Any of various other towns and cities around the world taking their name from the English town or from someone with this surname.
  5. A place in Canada:
  6. A community in the County of Minburn, Alberta.
  7. A rural township in Lambton County, Ontario.
  8. A town in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec.
  9. A number of places in the United States:
  10. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
  11. A minor city in Worth County, Georgia.
  12. An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɒɹɪk/ /ˈwɒɹwɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Warwick.wav /ˈwɔɹɪk/ /ˈwɔɹwɪk/ /ˈwɑɹɪk/ /ˈwɑɹwɪk/

Word forms

Warwick

Etymology

From Middle English Warwyk, from Old English Wǣringwīċ (literally “dwelling by the weir”), from wer (“weir”) + -ing (“of the”, used with masculine nouns) + wīċ (“dwelling place, village”).

Derived words

Warwick Farm Warwickian warwickite Warwickshire West Warwick

Translations

Arabic: وَرِك Arabic: وَارِيك Bulgarian: Уорик Chinese Cantonese: 窩域 /窝域 Chinese Cantonese: 和域 Chinese Cantonese: 華威 /华威 Chinese Mandarin: 華威 /华威 Chinese Mandarin: 瓦立克 Chinese Mandarin: 沃里克 Finnish: Warwick French: Warwick Georgian: უორიკი Greek: Γουόρικ Hebrew: ווֹרִיק Hindi: वरिक Japanese: ウォリック Korean: 워릭 Latin: Wārwīcum Lithuanian: Vorikas Macedonian: Ворик Marathi: वॉरविक Middle English: Warwyk Old English: Wǣringwīċ Persian: واریک Polish: Warwick Russian: Уо́рик Serbo-Croatian: Ворик Serbo-Croatian: Warwick Ukrainian: Во́рик Urdu: وارک Welsh: Warwig Yiddish: וואָריק
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