Bathurst.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
An English earldom.
A placename: A city in the Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
A placename: A local government area (Bathurst Regional Council) with its headquarters in Bathurst, New South Wales.
A placename: A city, the shire town of Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
A placename: A former township in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, since amalgamated into the township of Tay Valley.
A placename: A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
A placename: Former name of Banjul, the capital city of the Gambia.
Where this word comes from
The city in New Brunswick is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834). The capital of the Gambia was also formerly named after him.
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