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Winchester.

A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England.

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name/ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)//ˈwɪnt͡ʃɪstə(ɹ)/

  1. A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England. A local government district with borough status in Hampshire; in full, the City of Winchester.

  2. A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England. Ellipsis of Winchester College, a prestigious public school in Winchester.

    UK · abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis

  3. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.

  4. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

  5. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Scott County, Illinois.

  6. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A city in White River Township, the county seat of Randolph County, Indiana.

  7. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Iowa.

  8. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A home rule city, the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky.

  9. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

  10. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A township in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Winchester, Iowa.

  11. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.

  12. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

  13. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A township and village therein, in Adams County, Ohio, named after Winchester, Virginia.

  14. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio.

  15. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio.

  16. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee.

  17. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia.

  18. Any of the towns named after it, including: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia. The First, Second, or Third Battle of Winchester in the American Civil War.

  19. Any of the towns named after it, including: A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Deloraine-Winchester.

  20. Any of the towns named after it, including: A village in North Dundas township, eastern Ontario, Canada.

  21. Any of the towns named after it, including: A small town in Timaru district, Canterbury, New Zealand.

  22. A habitational surname from Old English.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeaster, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeaster, from Latin castra (“camp”). The bottle is named for the former customary units of the English city. The rifle is named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.

noun/ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)//ˈwɪnt͡ʃɪstə(ɹ)/

  1. A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.

  2. A bottle holding a Winchester quart.

  3. A hard disk.

    dated

  4. Out of ordinance.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeaster, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeaster, from Latin castra (“camp”). The bottle is named for the former customary units of the English city. The rifle is named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.

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