Word.ws English Dictionary

Ainsworth

Syllables: Ains·worthUK/ˈeɪnz.wɜːθ/US/ˈeɪnz.wɝθ/

Ainsworth proper noun: a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7610).

Proper noun

Ainsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ainsworths)

  1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7610).
  2. Former name of Ainsworth Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. A former unincorporated community in Ross Township, Lake County, Indiana, annexed in the early 1990's by the city of Hobart.
  4. A minor city in Washington County, Iowa.
  5. A city, the county seat of Brown County, Nebraska.
  6. A ghost town in Franklin County, Washington.
  7. A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin.
  8. A state park in Multnomah County, Oregon.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Ainsworth

pluralAinsworths

Origin of Ainsworth

From Old English Ægen + -es and worþ or worð, meaning "Aegen's enclosure".

Words formed from Ainsworth

Questions about Ainsworth

What does Ainsworth mean?
Ainsworth means a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7610).
What part of speech is Ainsworth?
Ainsworth is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ainsworth?
Ainsworth is pronounced /ˈeɪnz.wɜːθ/ (UK).

Words near Ainsworth in the dictionary

  1. Ainsley
  2. Ainsleys
  3. Ainslie
  4. Ainslies
  5. Ainstable
  6. Ainsworth
  7. Ainsworth Hot Springs
  8. Ainsworths
  9. aint
  10. aintcha
  11. aintchas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Ainsworth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Ainsworth.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ainsworth. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.