Davenport
See also: davenport and Devenport
English
Alternative forms
- (Irish surname): Devenport
Etymology
- As an English surname, from Old English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (“trickle, drop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”).
- As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), which is from donn (“brown”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”); see airigh.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdævənpɔːt/
Proper noun
Davenport
- A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Cheshire.
- A surname from Irish of Irish origin from the Gaelic Ó Donndubhartaigh.
- A surname from Anglo-Norman of Anglo-Norman origin: de avesne port, where avesne is derived from Frankish avisna ("field" see:Wiese).
- Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
- A hamlet in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8065). [1]
- A suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8988).
- A city, the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States.
- A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Washington, United States.
- A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Derived terms
- Davenport Green
References
- OS: Cheshire East
Further reading
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Anagrams
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