English Explanatory Dictionary

Windermere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A lake in Cumbria, England, formerly divided between Lancashire and Westmorland.
  2. A town near this lake in Windermere and Bowness parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4198).
  3. A town in Orange County, Florida, United States.
  4. A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A rural locality in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
  6. A locality in the City of Launceston, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  7. A locality in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.
  8. A rural locality north-east of Hinds, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Word forms

Windermere

Etymology

"Winand's lake", from Continental Germanic personal name Wînand + Old Norse genitive singular ending -ar + Old English mere (“lake, pond”).

Derived words

Bowness-on-Windermere Windermere and Bowness Windermere Park
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