Meaning of Wellington | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.
2. Ellipsis of Wellington boot.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
3. Meat or other filling baked in a puff pastry.
4. Alternative letter-case form of Wellington (the boot).
   alt-of
5. The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.
   countable, uncountable
6. by extension, the Government of New Zealand.
   countable, metonymically, uncountable
7. A region in the south of the North Island, New Zealand, which includes the capital; in full, Wellington Region.
   countable, uncountable
8. Several places in England:
   countable, uncountable
9. A locality in Gosforth parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0704).
   countable, uncountable
10. A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948).
    countable, uncountable
11. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6511).
    countable, uncountable
12. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1320).
    countable, uncountable
13. Any of several places in a select number of countries, including:
    countable, uncountable
14. A town in The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India.
    countable, uncountable
15. A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
    countable, uncountable
16. A number of places in Australia:
    countable, uncountable
17. A town in Sumner County, New South Wales.
    countable, uncountable
18. A tiny township in South Australia.
    countable, uncountable
19. A local government area in eastern Victoria; in full, the Shire of Wellington.
    countable, uncountable
20. Ellipsis of the Wellington Land District: a land district in Tasmania, Australia.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
21. A number of places in Canada:
    countable, uncountable
22. A neighborhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
    countable, uncountable
23. A former name of a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now called Dover.
    countable, uncountable
24. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia; a suburb of Halifax.
    countable, uncountable
25. A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
    countable, uncountable
26. A community in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
    countable, uncountable
27. A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    countable, uncountable
28. An unincorporated place and community in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
    countable, uncountable
29. A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
    countable, uncountable
30. A number of places in the United States:
    countable, uncountable
31. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama.
    countable, uncountable
32. A statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado.
    countable, uncountable
33. A village in Palm Beach County, Florida.
    countable, uncountable
34. A village in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County, Florida.
    countable, uncountable
35. A city, the county seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
    countable, uncountable
36. A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky; a suburb of Louisville.
    countable, uncountable
37. An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky.
    countable, uncountable
38. A small city in Piscataquis County, Maine.
    countable, uncountable
39. An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan.
    countable, uncountable
40. An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, also Wellingtons and Wellingtons Station.
    countable, uncountable
41. A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
    countable, uncountable
42. A city, the county seat of Collingsworth County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
43. A small city in Carbon County, Utah.
    countable, uncountable
44. Former name of Tye, King County, Washington, which later became a ghost town.
    countable, uncountable
45. A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
46. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
    countable, uncountable
47. A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.
    countable

Equivalents

Examples

“Abbreviation: Wgton.”

“After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand.”

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