All Definitions for Wellington
Below are all the dictionary definitions of wellington:
1The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.
2By extension, the Government of New Zealand.
3A region in the south of the North Island, New Zealand, which includes the capital
4In full, Wellington Region.
5Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
6Meat or other filling baked in a puff pastry.
7In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.
8A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.
9Several places in England:
10Any of several places in a select number of countries, including:
11A number of places in the United States:
12A locality in Gosforth parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0704).
13A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948).
14A market town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6511).
15A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1320).
16A town in The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India.
17A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
18A number of places in Australia:
19A town in Sumner County, New South Wales.
20A tiny township in South Australia.
21A local government area in eastern Victoria
22In full, the Shire of Wellington.
23A number of places in Canada:
24A neighborhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
25A former name of a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now called Dover.
26A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia
27A suburb of Halifax.
28A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
29A community in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
30A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
31An unincorporated place and community in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
32A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
33An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama.
34A statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado.
35A village in Palm Beach County, Florida.
36A village in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County, Florida.
37A city, the county seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
38A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky
39A suburb of Louisville.
40An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky.
41A small city in Piscataquis County, Maine.
42An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan.
43An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, also Wellingtons and Wellingtons Station.
44A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
45A city, the county seat of Collingsworth County, Texas.
46A small city in Carbon County, Utah.
47Former name of Tye, King County, Washington, which later became a ghost town.
48A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
49Ellipsis of Wellington boot. [(rare in the singular) One of a pair of Wellington boots.]
50Ellipsis of the Wellington Land District: a land district in Tasmania, Australia.
51Alternative letter-case form of Wellington (the boot). [The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.]
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