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wellington

Syllables: Wel·ling·tonUK/ˈwɛlɪŋtən/

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New Zealand/ˈweləŋtən/

wellington is the alternative letter-case form of Wellington.

Proper noun capitalized: Wellington

Wellington (countable and uncountable, plural Wellingtons)

  1. The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.
    • Abbreviation: Wgton.
    • After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand.2023 July 8, “Pylon of the Month - July 2023”, in Pylon of the Month, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2024
    1. (metonymically) by extension, the Government of New Zealand.
  2. A region in the south of the North Island, New Zealand, which includes the capital; in full, Wellington Region.
  3. A locality in Gosforth parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0704).
  4. A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948).
  5. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6511).
  6. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1320).
  7. A town in The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India.
  8. A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
  9. A town in Sumner County, New South Wales.
  10. A tiny township in South Australia.
  11. A local government area in eastern Victoria; in full, the Shire of Wellington.
  12. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of the Wellington Land District: a land district in Tasmania, Australia.
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  1. A neighborhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
  2. A former name of a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now called Dover.
  3. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia; a suburb of Halifax.
  4. A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
  5. A community in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
  6. A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  7. An unincorporated place and community in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
  8. A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
  9. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama.
  10. A statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado.
  11. A village in Palm Beach County, Florida.
  12. A village in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County, Florida.
  13. A city, the county seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
  14. A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky; a suburb of Louisville.
  15. An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky.
  16. A small city in Piscataquis County, Maine.
  17. An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan.
  18. An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, also Wellingtons and Wellingtons Station.
  19. A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
  20. A city, the county seat of Collingsworth County, Texas.
  21. A small city in Carbon County, Utah.
  22. Former name of Tye, King County, Washington, which later became a ghost town.
  23. A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
  24. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
  25. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.

Noun (1) capitalized: Wellington

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

  1. In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.

Noun (2) capitalized: Wellington

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Wellington boot.

Noun (3) capitalized: Wellington

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)

  1. Meat or other filling baked in a puff pastry.

Synonyms of wellington

Forms of wellington

Noun
pluralwellingtons
pluralWellingtons
Proper noun
pluralWellingtons
alternative formwellington

Origin of wellington

From earlier Wēolingtūn, from: # For the place in Shropshire, England: Partly uncertain. The second element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come either from *wœling (“ridge, bank”), or else from *wēoling (“device, artefact”). # For the place in Somerset, England: Partly obscure. The last element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come from either the personal name *Wēola + ing, or else *wēoling (“trap”). # Many places with this name are named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.

Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised this style of boot.

Generalization from beef Wellington.

Words formed from wellington

Phrases with wellington

Questions about wellington

What does wellington mean?
Wellington means the capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.
What is wellington the alternative letter-case form of?
Wellington is the alternative letter-case form of Wellington.
What part of speech is wellington?
Wellington can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce wellington?
Wellington is pronounced /ˈweləŋtən/ (New Zealand).

Words near wellington in the dictionary

  1. welling
  2. welling up
  3. Wellingborough
  4. Wellingrove
  5. wellings
  6. wellington
  7. wellington boot
  8. wellington boots
  9. Wellington County
  10. Wellington North
  11. Wellington Park

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wellington (page history and authors); Wellington (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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