Cavendish.
A surname transferred from the place name.
Meaning & usage
A surname transferred from the place name.
A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8046).
A number of places in Canada: A locality in Alberta.
A number of places in Canada: A local service district in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
A number of places in Canada: A community, ward and former township in Trent Lakes, Peterborough County, Ontario.
A number of places in Canada: A rural community of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
An unincorporated community in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States.
A town and census-designated place therein, in Windsor County, Vermont, United States.
A township in the Shire of Southern Grampians, Victoria, Australia.
Where this word comes from
* (English village): "Cāfna's enclosure", from Old English personal name *Cāfna + edisċ (“pasture”); recorded as Kauanadisc in 1086 (DB). * (in Vermont): Likely named after William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. * (banana): Named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.
The most commonly sold banana; one of the triploid (AAA) cultivars of Musa acuminata.
Alternative form of cavendish (“type of tobacco”).
Where this word comes from
* (English village): "Cāfna's enclosure", from Old English personal name *Cāfna + edisċ (“pasture”); recorded as Kauanadisc in 1086 (DB). * (in Vermont): Likely named after William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. * (banana): Named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.
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