Warwick

English

Etymology

From Middle English Warwyk, from Old English Wǣringwīċ (literally “dwelling by the weir”), from wer (“weir”) ‎ -ing (“of the”, used with masculine nouns) ‎ wīċ (“dwelling place, village”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒɹɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹɪk/
• (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑɹɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk

Proper noun

Warwick

1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, and the county town of Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2865).
2. A local government district in Warwickshire formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Leamington Spa.
3. A habitational surname from Old English from the English town.
4. Any of various other towns and cities around the world taking their name from the English town or from someone with this surname.
   1. A place in Canada:
      1. A community in the County of Minburn, Alberta.
      2. A rural township in Lambton County, Ontario.
      3. A town in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec.
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
      2. A minor city in Worth County, Georgia.
      3. An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland.
      4. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
      5. A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York.
      6. A minor city in Benson County, North Dakota.
      7. A township in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
      8. A town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma.
      9. A township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
      10. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
      11. A township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
      12. A city in Kent County, Rhode Island.
      13. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
   3. A parish in Bermuda, named after Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick.
   4. A town and locality in Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia, south-west of Brisbane.
   5. A suburb of Perth, in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.

Derived terms

• Warwickian
• warwickite
• Warwickshire

 

Translations

county town of Warwickshire

• Arabic: وَرِك m (warik), وَارِيك m (wārīk)
• Bulgarian: Уорик m (Uorik)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 窩域／窝域 (wo¹ wik⁶), 和域 (wo⁴ wik⁶), 華威／华威 (waa⁴ wai¹)

  Mandarin: 華威／华威 (zh) (Huáwēi), 瓦立克 (Wǎlìkè), 沃里克 (Wòlǐkè)

• Finnish: Warwick
• French: Warwick (fr) m
• Greek: Γουόρικ (el) n (Gouórik)
• Hebrew: ווֹרִיק m (Vórik)
• Hindi: वरिक m (varik)
• Japanese: ウォリック (Worikku)
• Korean: 워릭 (Worik)
• Latin: (New Latin) Wārwīcum n
• Lithuanian: Vorikas m
• Macedonian: Ворик m (Vorik)
• Marathi: वॉरविक n (vŏrvik)
• Middle English: Warwyk
• Old English: Wǣringwīċ f
• Persian: واریک (vârik)
• Polish: Warwick (pl) m
• Russian: Уо́рик (ru) m (Uórik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ворик m

  Roman: Warwick m

• Ukrainian: Во́рик m (Vóryk)
• Urdu: وارک m (Wārik)
• Yiddish: וואָריק n (vorik)

Paronyms

• Warrick

Anagrams

• Wickwar