English Explanatory Dictionary

Westfield

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A common placename:
  2. The former name of a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, now named Camillo.
  3. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  4. A former village, now part of the Grand Bay-Westfield suburb of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
  5. A community in Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  6. A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England.
  7. A hamlet in Hawling parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0821).
  8. A former civil parish of Norfolk, England, now part of Whinburgh and Westfield.
  9. An area in the town of Redcar, North Yorkshire, England.
  10. An area within Acomb, a suburb of York, North Yorkshire, England.
  11. A suburban village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6754).
  12. An outer suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4381).

Word forms

Westfield Westfields

Etymology

From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to west + field. Doublet of Westerveld. The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.

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