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Palmerston

/ˈpɑːməstən/

Palmerston proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Palmerston

  1. A surname.
  2. A satellite city and local government area (City of Palmerston) near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Palmerston was the original name of Darwin itself, before being renamed in 1911.
  3. A suburb of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Derived from the surname Palmer.
  4. An unincorporated community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A town in Waitaki district, North Otago, New Zealand.

Origin of Palmerston

Most places were named after Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, usually known as Lord Palmerston.

Words formed from Palmerston

Questions about Palmerston

What does Palmerston mean?
Palmerston means a surname.
What part of speech is Palmerston?
Palmerston is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Palmerston?
Palmerston is pronounced /ˈpɑːməstən/.

Words near Palmerston in the dictionary

  1. palmers
  2. Palmers Channel
  3. Palmers Green
  4. Palmers Island
  5. Palmers Oaky
  6. Palmerston
  7. Palmerston North
  8. Palmerstonian
  9. Palmersville
  10. Palmerton
  11. Palmertons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Palmerston (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.

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