St Ives

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).
  2. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, historically in the County of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL3172).
  3. A village in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU1204).
  4. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

词源

* Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint.
* Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here.
* Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives.
* New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.
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