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Cavendish

/ˈkævəndɪʃ/ · name

Meaning

  1. A local service district in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  2. A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8046).
  3. The most commonly sold banana; one of the triploid (AAA) cultivars of Musa acuminata.
  4. A locality in Alberta.
  5. A surname.
  6. Alternative form of cavendish (“type of tobacco”).
  7. A rural community of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
  8. A community, ward and former township in Trent Lakes, Peterborough County, Ontario.
  9. A number of places in Canada:
  10. An unincorporated community in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States.

Etymology / origin

* (English village): "Cāfna's enclosure", from Old English personal name *Cāfna + edisċ (“pasture”); recorded as Kauanadisc in 1086 (DB). * (in Vermont): Likely named after William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. * (banana): Named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.

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