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St Ives

/sənt ˈaɪvz/

St Ives proper noun: a coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).

Proper noun

St Ives

  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).
  2. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, historically in the County of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL3172).
  3. A village in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU1204).
  4. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Origin of St Ives

* Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint. * Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here. * Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives. * New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.

Words formed from St Ives

Questions about St Ives

What does St Ives mean?
St Ives means a coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).
What part of speech is St Ives?
St Ives is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce St Ives?
St Ives is pronounced /sənt ˈaɪvz/.

Words near St Ives in the dictionary

  1. St Ignatius' beans
  2. St Ishmael
  3. St Issey
  4. St Ive
  5. St Ive and Pensilva
  6. St Ives
  7. St Ives Chase
  8. St James
  9. St James's
  10. St James's Palace
  11. St John

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