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Ramsey.

Any of a number of places, including:

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈɹæmzi/
  1. Any of a number of places, including: The second-largest town on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC4594).

  2. Any of a number of places, including: A small town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, originally in the county of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL2885).

  3. Any of a number of places, including: A village in Ramsey and Parkeston parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2130).

  4. Any of a number of places, including: A ghost town in unorganised north Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.

  5. Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: A township and village therein, in Fayette County, Illinois, named after Alexander Ramsey.

  6. Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Jackson Township, Harrison County, Indiana.

  7. Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: A township in Kossuth County, Iowa.

  8. Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: A city in Anoka County, Minnesota.

  9. Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota.

  10. Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.

  11. Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.

  12. Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia.

  13. Any of a number of places, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.

  14. A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Huntingdonshire.

  15. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Where this word comes from

From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).

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