Wellington

Meaning

1. In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.
2. Meat or other filling baked in a puff pastry.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Wellington (the boot).
4. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1320).
5. A region in the south of the North Island, New Zealand, which includes the capital; in full, Wellington Region.
6. A locality in Gosforth parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0704).
7. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6511).
8. Some places in England:
9. Ellipsis of Wellington boot.
10. The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.
11. A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948).
12. by extension, the Government of New Zealand.

Etymology / origin

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.

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