Amherst.
An English surname.
Meaning & usage
An English surname.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Phillips County, Colorado.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Hancock County, Maine.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Erie County, New York.
A number of places in the United States: A city and township in Lorain County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Lamb County, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Amherst County, Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: A town and village in Portage County, Wisconsin.
A town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A township municipality in Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
A locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields, Victoria, Australia.
Where this word comes from
From either Old English elm or Old Norse almr (“elm”) + Old English hyrst (“wood”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797).
Ellipsis of Lady Amherst's pheasant.
Where this word comes from
From either Old English elm or Old Norse almr (“elm”) + Old English hyrst (“wood”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797).
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