Sheffield

Meaning

1. A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
2. Ellipsis of University of Sheffield.
3. A city in Colbert County, Alabama.
4. A town in Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia.
5. A small village in Selwyn district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
6. A common placename in the United States:
7. A city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
8. A hamlet in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4526).

Etymology / origin

From the name of the River Sheaf, which is from Old English scēaþ (“boundary”), + Old English feld (“field, open land”).

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