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Stanwix

Stanwix proper noun: a suburban area of Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3956).

Proper noun

Stanwix (countable and uncountable, plural Stanwixes)

  1. A suburban area of Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3956).
  2. A populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.
  3. (countable) A habitational surname.

Forms of Stanwix

pluralStanwixes

Origin of Stanwix

From Old English stān (“stone”) + Old Norse veggr (“wall”).

Words formed from Stanwix

  • Stanwix Rural

Questions about Stanwix

What does Stanwix mean?
Stanwix means a suburban area of Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3956).
What part of speech is Stanwix?
Stanwix is a proper noun.

Words near Stanwix in the dictionary

  1. Stanway
  2. Stanways
  3. Stanwell
  4. Stanwell Park
  5. Stanwell Tops
  6. Stanwix
  7. Stanwixes
  8. Stanwood
  9. Stanwoods
  10. Stanworth
  11. Stanworths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Stanwix (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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