English Explanatory Dictionary

Whiteway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. An eastern suburb of the City of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6373).
  3. A former hundred in Dorset, England.
  4. A village, also known as Whiteway Colony, in Miserden parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9110).
  5. A western suburb of Bath, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7263).
  6. A small town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, named after former PM William Whiteway.
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

/ˈwaɪt.weɪ/

Word forms

Whiteway Whiteways

Etymology

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + weġ (“way, road”).

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