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Wingate

Wingate proper noun: a village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4037).

Proper noun

Wingate (countable and uncountable, plural Wingates)

  1. A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4037).
  2. A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
  3. A town in Montgomery County, Indiana.
  4. A ghost town in Butler County, Kansas.
  5. An unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland.
  6. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Missouri.
  7. A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
  8. A town in Union County, North Carolina.
  9. An unincorporated community in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
  10. An unincorporated community in Runnels County, Texas.
  11. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Wingate

pluralWingates
alternative formWindeatt

Origin of Wingate

From Old English wind (“wind”) + ġeat (“gate”).

Questions about Wingate

What does Wingate mean?
Wingate means a village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4037).
What part of speech is Wingate?
Wingate is a proper noun.

Words near Wingate in the dictionary

  1. Wingadee
  2. Wingan River
  3. Wingard
  4. Wingards
  5. Wingaroo
  6. Wingate
  7. Wingates
  8. Wingatui
  9. wingback
  10. wingback chair
  11. wingback chairs

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