English Explanatory Dictionary

Westward Ho!

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A seaside village in Northam parish near Bideford, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4329).

Word forms

Westward Ho!

Etymology

Chosen as an unusual name to attract tourists, after Charles Kingsley's best-selling novel Westward Ho! (1855), which was set in nearby Bideford. The phrase itself comes from westward + ho (variant of hey), the call of Thames ferrymen indicating their proffered direction.

Related words

Westward Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! another village with an exclamation mark in its name
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