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Hampstead.

An affluent suburban area in the borough of Camden, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2685).

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈhæmpstɪd/UK/ˈhæmpstɛd/UK
  1. An affluent suburban area in the borough of Camden, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2685).

  2. A parish and community therein, in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.

  3. A suburb and municipality in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

  4. A town in Carroll County, Maryland.

  5. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

  6. A census-designated place in Pender County, North Carolina.

  7. A village in Saint Andrew parish, Dominica.

  8. A suburb of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Where this word comes from

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hempstead.

noun/ˈhæmpstɪd/UK/ˈhæmpstɛd/UK
  1. shortened form of Hampstead Heath: teeth (Cockney rhyming slang).

    That geezer knocked out his bloody Hampsteads, he did!
Where this word comes from

From Hampstead Heath.

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