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Windermere

Windermere proper noun: a lake in Cumbria, England, formerly divided between Lancashire and Westmorland.

Proper noun

Windermere

  1. A lake in Cumbria, England, formerly divided between Lancashire and Westmorland.
  2. A town near this lake in Windermere and Bowness parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4198).
  3. A town in Orange County, Florida, United States.
  4. A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A rural locality in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
  6. A locality in the City of Launceston, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  7. A locality in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.
  8. A rural locality north-east of Hinds, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Origin of Windermere

"Winand's lake", from Continental Germanic personal name Wînand + Old Norse genitive singular ending -ar + Old English mere (“lake, pond”).

Words formed from Windermere

Questions about Windermere

What does Windermere mean?
Windermere means a lake in Cumbria, England, formerly divided between Lancashire and Westmorland.
What part of speech is Windermere?
Windermere is a proper noun.

Words near Windermere in the dictionary

  1. Windells
  2. winder
  3. Windera
  4. windered
  5. windering
  6. Windermere
  7. Windermere and Bowness
  8. Windermere Park
  9. winders
  10. windes
  11. Windesheimer

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