Carlisle.
A city in and the county town of Cumbria, and formerly of the county of Cumberland, and in Cumberland unitary authority since 2023, northwestern England (OS grid ref NY3955).
Meaning & usage
A city in and the county town of Cumbria, and formerly of the county of Cumberland, and in Cumberland unitary authority since 2023, northwestern England (OS grid ref NY3955).
A former local government district in Cumbria, existing in and around the city, created 1974 and abolished 2023, becoming part of Cumberland unitary authority.
A place in Canada: A northern neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
A place in Canada: A community in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario.
A place in Canada: A community in North Middlesex municipality, Ontario.
A number of places in the United States: A community in Carlisle-Rockledge, Etowah County, Alabama.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Haddon Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Warren County and Polk County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States: A home rule city, the county seat of Nicholas County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: A historical locale in Kalamo Township, Eaton County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States: A historical community in Byron Township, Kent County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Schoharie County, New York.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Franklin Township, Warren County and German Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, named after railroad man George B. Carlisle.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Lorain County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: A borough, the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Union County, South Carolina.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Trinity County, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
A village in Saint George parish, Antigua and Barbuda.
A suburb of Perth in the Town of Victoria Park, Western Australia.
A habitational surname from Old English.
A unisex given name.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English Carlele, from Middle English Carleol, Carleul, from Cumbric [Term?] (compare Caer Ligualid in the Historia Brittonum, Middle Welsh Caer Liwelydd, Welsh Caerliwelydd, all suffixed with -ydd), composed of Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort”) + Proto-Brythonic [Term?] (> Latin Luguvalium), from Proto-Celtic *Luguwalos (personal name, literally “strength of Lugus”), from *Lugus + *walos (“strength”). The absence of a suffix comparable to Welsh -ydd in the underlying Cumbric form is unexplained; see w:Cumbric/Absence of -ydd.
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