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ridgeway

ridgeway noun: a track or path that follows the highest part of the landscape.

Noun

ridgeway (plural ridgeways)

  1. A track or path that follows the highest part of the landscape.
    • A prehistoric ridgeway cuts across the parish, which contains two 19th-century turnpike tollhouses.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 93, Broadwindsor

Proper noun capitalized: Ridgeway

Ridgeway

  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb in east Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6275).
  3. A village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4081).
  4. A hamlet on the boundary of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8853).
  5. A suburb of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST2988).
  6. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  7. A neighbourhood of Lusaka, Zambia.
  8. A suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
  9. An unincorporated village in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.
  10. A census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
  11. (alternative) Alternative form of Ridgway, Colorado.
  12. An unincorporated community in Harris County, Georgia.
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  1. A small city in Winneshiek County, Iowa.
  2. An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky.
  3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Lenawee County, Michigan.
  4. An unincorporated community in Winona County, Minnesota.
  5. A small city in Harrison County, Missouri.
  6. An unincorporated community in Ocean County, New Jersey.
  7. A town in Orleans County, New York.
  8. An unincorporated community in Warren County, North Carolina.
  9. A village in Hardin County and Logan County, Ohio.
  10. A town in Fairfield County, South Carolina.
  11. A town in Henry County, Virginia.
  12. An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
  13. An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
  14. A village and town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.

Forms of ridgeway

pluralridgeways

Origin of ridgeway

From ridge + way.

Words formed from ridgeway

Questions about ridgeway

What does ridgeway mean?
Ridgeway means a track or path that follows the highest part of the landscape.
What part of speech is ridgeway?
Ridgeway can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ridgeway?
The plural of ridgeway is ridgeways.

Words near ridgeway in the dictionary

  1. ridgetop
  2. ridgetops
  3. ridgewalk
  4. ridgewalking
  5. ridgewalks
  6. ridgeway
  7. ridgeways
  8. Ridgewell
  9. ridgewise
  10. Ridgewood
  11. ridgier

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