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Verulam

Verulam proper noun: baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans.

Proper noun

Verulam

  1. (UK) Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans.
    1. (UK) Francis Bacon (1561–1626), 1st Baron Verulam.
      • Plato the wise, and large-brow'd Verulam, / The first of those who know.1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Palace of Art”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 146
  2. (UK) Synonym of Verulamium (“ancient Roman town”). A town in Britannia, Roman Empire; near the modern city of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
    Synonyms:
    Verulamium
  3. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  4. A former township in Ontario, Canada, now the single-tier municipality of Kawartha Lakes.
    Synonyms:
    Township of Verulam, Verulam Township

Synonyms of Verulam

Origin of Verulam

Latin Verulamia, being the name of the Roman settlement on the same site.

Questions about Verulam

What does Verulam mean?
Verulam means baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans.
What part of speech is Verulam?
Verulam is a proper noun.

Words near Verulam in the dictionary

  1. Vertz
  2. Vertzes
  3. vertù
  4. Veruca
  5. Verulae
  6. Verulam
  7. Verulamian
  8. Verulamium
  9. Verulan
  10. Verulans
  11. veruled

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