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blenheim
/ˈblɛnˌhaɪm/
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What does blenheim mean?
noun
- A colour variation of two toy spaniel breeds, chestnut brown with pearl white markings.
proper noun
- A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.
- An unincorporated community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
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proper noun
- A former township merged into Blandford-Blenheim township, Oxford County, Ontario.
- A town in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, the largest in the region.
- A civil parish (without a council) west of Woodstock, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire.
- A suburban area in Garsington parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5702).
- A small inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire.
- An unincorporated community in Gloucester Township, Camden County, New Jersey.
- A small town in Schoharie County, New York.
- A small town in Marlboro County, South Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈblɛnˌhaɪm/
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The breed has degenerated of late, and is not always to be had pure, even in the neighbourhood of Blenheim.
The BLENHEIM then passing between them and the enemy, gave them a respite, and poured in her fire upon the Spaniards.
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We no longer take twenty-one battalions in a village, as they did at Blenheim.
The Blenheim must also have a pearly-white ground with bright rich chestnut or ruby red markings evenly distributed in patches over the body.
You tell me nothing of the old house you were to see near Blenheim: I have some suspicion that Greatworth is coming into play again.