Blenheim
English
Etymology
The house was named to commemorate the Allied victory at the 1704 Battle of Blindheim (near Höchstädt an der Donau in Bavaria). Other places are named after the house, often with an association to the Duchy of Marlborough.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɛnəm/
Proper noun
Blenheim
- A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
- A small inner-city area in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
- A civil parish of West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England.
- A town in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, the largest in the region.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Gloucester Township, Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
- A small town in Schoharie County, New York, United States.
- A small town in Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
Noun
Blenheim (plural Blenheims)
- A colour variation of two toy spaniel breeds, chestnut brown with pearl white markings.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], OCLC 24531354, page 287:
- ....—a large cashmere shawl, with its border of roses, thrown carelessly on a chair—a crimson cushion, where lay sleeping a Blenheim dog, almost small enough to have passed through the royal ring in that most fairy tale of the White Cat:—all bespoke a lady's room.
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References
- “Blenheim”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.