Wellington

Wellington

See also: wellington

English

Alternative forms

• (noun) wellington

Etymology 1

From Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛl.ɪŋ.tən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈwel.əŋ.tən/, [ˈwɛlɪŋtən]

• Audio (AU)

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• Hyphenation: Wel‧ling‧ton

Proper noun

Wellington (countable and uncountable, plural Wellingtons)

1. The capital city of New Zealand.
2. (metonymically) by extension, the Government of New Zealand.
3. Wellington Region, a region in the south of the North Island, New Zealand, which includes the capital.
4. Several places in England, United Kingdom:
   1. A locality near Gosforth, Copeland borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0704).
   2. A village in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948).
   3. A market town in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6511).
   4. A market town in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST1320).
5. Any of several places in a select number of countries, including:
   1. A town in The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India.
   2. A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
6. A number of places in Australia:
   1. A town in Sumner County, New South Wales.
   2. A tiny township in South Australia.
   3. Ellipsis of Wellington Land District., A district of Tasmania.
7. A number of places in Canada:
   1. A neighborhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
   2. A former name of a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now called Dover.
   3. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia; a suburb of Halifax.
   4. A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
   5. A community in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
   6. A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
   7. An unincorporated place and community in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
   8. A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
8. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporatedcommunity in Calhoun County, Alabama.
   2. A statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado.
   3. A village in Palm Beach County, Florida.
   4. A village in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County, Florida.
   5. A city, the county seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
   6. A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky; a suburb of Louisville.
   7. An unincorporatedcommunity in Menifee County, Kentucky.
   8. A small city in Piscataquis County, Maine.
   9. An unincorporatedcommunity in Gogebic County, Michigan.
   10. An unincorporatedcommunity in Lyon County, Nevada, also Wellingtons and Wellingtons Station.
   11. A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
   12. A city, the county seat of Collingsworth County, Texas.
   13. A small city in Carbon County, Utah.
   14. A ghost town and railroadcommunity in King County, Washington.
   15. A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
9. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
10. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.

Derived terms

• Wellington County
• Wellington District
• Wellington Land District
• Wellingtons
• Wellington's
• Wellingtons Station
• Wellington Station

 

Noun

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

1. (card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.

Translations

capital of New Zealand

Albanian: Wellington m Amharic: ዌሊንግተን (welingətän) Arabic: وِيلِنْجْتُون‎ f (wilingtūn), وِيلِينْغْتُون‎ f (wilinḡtūn) Armenian: Վելինգտոն (Velington) Azerbaijani: Vellinqton Belarusian: Велінгто́н m (Vjelinhtón), Вэ́лінгтан m (Vélinhtan), Уэ́лінгтан m (Uélinhtan) Bengali: ওয়েলিংটন (oyeliṅṭônô) Bulgarian: Уе́лингтън m (Uélingtǎn) Burmese: ဝယ်လင်တန် (wailangtan) Chinese: Mandarin: 威靈頓／威灵顿 (zh) (Wēilíngdùn); 惠靈頓／惠灵顿 (zh) (Huìlíngdùn) Czech: Wellington (cs) m Danish: Wellington n Dutch: Wellington (nl) n Estonian: Wellington (et) Finnish: Wellington (fi) French: Wellington (fr) f Georgian: ველინგტონი (velingṭoni), უელინგტონი (uelingṭoni) German: Wellington (de) n Greek: Ουέλλινγκτον (el) n (Ouéllingkton) Hebrew: וֶלִינְגְּטוֹן‎ f (welington) Hindi: वेलिंग्टन m (veliṅgṭan) Hungarian: Wellington (hu) Icelandic: Wellington Italian: Wellington (it) Japanese: ウェリントン (Werinton) Kazakh: Веллингтон (Vellington) Khmer: វែលីងតោន (km) (vɛɛliingtoon) Korean: 웰링턴 (Wellingteon), 웰링톤 (ko) (Wellington) (North Korea) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Wellington (ku) Kyrgyz: Веллингтон (Vellington) Latvian: Velingtona f Lithuanian: Velingtonas m Macedonian: Велингтон m (Velington) Maltese: Wellington Maori: Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Pōneke Mongolian: Cyrillic: Веллингтон (Vellington) Norwegian: Bokmål: Wellington Pashto: وېلېنګټن‎ m (welengṭán) Persian: ولینگتون‎ (velington) Polish: Wellington (pl) m Portuguese: Wellington f Romanian: Wellington (ro) Russian: Ве́ллингтон m (Véllington), Веллингто́н m (Vellingtón), Уэ́ллингтон m (Uéllington) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Велингтон m Roman: Wellington m, Velington m Slovak: Wellington m Slovene: Wellington m Spanish: Wellington (es) m Swedish: Wellington (sv) n Tajik: Веллингтон (Vellington) Tatar: Веллингтон (Wellington) Thai: เวลลิงตัน (weel-ling-dtân) Turkish: Wellington Turkmen: Wellington Ukrainian: Ве́ллінгтон m (Véllinhton), Веллінгто́н m (Vellinhtón), Ве́ллінґтон m (Véllington), Веллінґто́н m (Vellingtón) Urdu: ویلنگٹن‎ m (velingṭan) Uyghur: ۋېللىنگتون‎ (wëllin'gton) Uzbek: Vellington Vietnamese: Oen-linh-tơn Yiddish: וועלינגטאָן‎ n (velington)

Etymology 2

A pair of Wellington boots

Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised this style of boot.

Noun

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

1. Ellipsis of Wellington boot.

Translations

Wellington boots — see Wellington boots

Etymology 3

Generalization from beef Wellington.

Noun

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

1. (cooking) Meat baked in a puff pastry.

Related terms

• beef Wellington
• lamb Wellington
• salmon Wellington
• sausage Wellington

 

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Wellington.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛˈliŋk.tɔn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iŋktɔn
• Syllabification: We‧lling‧ton

Proper noun

Wellington m inan

1. Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

Declension

Declension of Wellington

	singular
nominative	Wellington
genitive	Wellingtonu
dative	Wellingtonowi
accusative	Wellington
instrumental	Wellingtonem
locative	Wellingtonie
vocative	Wellingtonie

Derived terms

adjective

• wellingtoński

 

nouns

• wellingtonka
• wellingtończyk

 

Further reading

• Wellington in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Wellington in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Wellington.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛ.lĩ.tõ/

Proper noun

Wellington

1. Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

Proper noun

Wellington m

1. a male given name of Brazilian usage

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Slovak

Proper noun

Wellington m (genitive singular Wellingtonu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Wellington (the capital of New Zealand)

References

• Wellington in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Proper noun

Wellington f

1. Wellington

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Welsh

Proper noun

Wellington f

1. Wellington (the capital of New Zealand)