Edison
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪsən/
Proper noun
Edison
- An English patronymic or matronymic (or just pamatronymic) surname derived from Adam and Edith.
- Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Kern County, California, United States.
- A small city in Calhoun County, Georgia, United States.
- A village in Furnas County, Nebraska, United States.
- A township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, renamed after Thomas Edison, who had his main laboratory here, in 1955.
- A village in Morrow County, Ohio, United States.
- A census-designated place in Skagit County, Washington, United States.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States.
- A former unincorporatedcommunity in Alberta, Canada, near modern Westlock; named after Thomas Edison.
Derived terms
- edisonade
- Edison bulb
- Edison effect
- Edisonian
- Edison screw
- Edison's medicine
Translations
Transliterations of the surname
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Anagrams
- Denios, Eidson, diones, does in, inodes, no side, noised, on side, on-side, onside
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Edison.
Proper noun
Edison
- a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname]
- A surname in English
- Thomas Edison, American inventor and businessman
Tagalog
Etymology
From English Edison.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: E‧di‧son
- IPA(key): /ˈʔedison/, [ˈʔe.dɪ.son]
Proper noun
Édison
- a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname]
- A surname in English