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wellington

/ˈwɛlɪŋtən/

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noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Wellington (the boot).
  2. In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.
  3. Ellipsis of Wellington boot.
More meanings (39)

noun

  1. Meat or other filling baked in a puff pastry.

proper noun

  1. The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.
  2. by extension, the Government of New Zealand.
  3. A region in the south of the North Island, New Zealand, which includes the capital; in full, Wellington Region.
  4. A locality in Gosforth parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY0704).
  5. A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948).
  6. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6511).
  7. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1320).
  8. A town in The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India.
  9. A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
  10. A town in Sumner County, New South Wales.
  11. A tiny township in South Australia.
  12. A local government area in eastern Victoria; in full, the Shire of Wellington.
  13. Ellipsis of the Wellington Land District: a land district in Tasmania, Australia.
  14. A neighborhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
  15. A former name of a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now called Dover.
  16. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia; a suburb of Halifax.
  17. A community in Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
  18. A community in Queens County, Nova Scotia.
  19. A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  20. An unincorporated place and community in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
  21. A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
  22. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama.
  23. A statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado.
  24. A village in Palm Beach County, Florida.
  25. A village in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County, Florida.
  26. A city, the county seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
  27. A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky; a suburb of Louisville.
  28. An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky.
  29. A small city in Piscataquis County, Maine.
  30. An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan.
  31. An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, also Wellingtons and Wellingtons Station.
  32. A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
  33. A city, the county seat of Collingsworth County, Texas.
  34. A small city in Carbon County, Utah.
  35. Former name of Tye, King County, Washington, which later became a ghost town.
  36. A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
  37. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
  38. A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.
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Captain Davis came to Wellington to see me on my arrival there, and I heard his account of the position.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199
In the preceding year, Wellington, with the sagacity of foresight, had examined it as the possible seat of a great battle.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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In addition to the routine work with Hobart and Wellington they had occasionally communicated with stations over two thousand miles distant.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
This rigid severity of Wellington in the field, though it was the dread, proved the salvation of his troops in many campaigns.
Samuel SmilesSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceProject Gutenberg ebook #935
He saved a specimen of the slip on which they were printed, and it was afterwards presented to the Duke of Wellington.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979