Westminster

专有名词
/ˈwɛs(t)ˌmɪnstə/    /ˈwɛstˌmɪnstɚ/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. The abbey of Westminster.
  2. The City of Westminster: a London borough of Greater London including the principal offices of the British government.
  3. A neighbourhood in central London; the administrative centre of the borough of Westminster.
  4. The Palace of Westminster
  5. The British parliament, based at the Palace of Westminster. colloquial,metonymically
  6. A northern suburb of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4076).
  7. A number of places in the United States:; A city in Orange County, California.
  8. A number of places in the United States:; A city in Adams County and Jefferson County, Colorado.
  9. A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
  10. A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Maryland.
  11. A number of places in the United States:; A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  12. A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
  13. A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio.
  14. A number of places in the United States:; A city in Oconee County, South Carolina.
  15. A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place, formerly a city in Collin County, Texas.
  16. A number of places in the United States:; A town and village in Windham County, Vermont.
  17. A community in Alfred and Plantagenet township, eastern Ontario, Canada.
  18. A neighbourhood, formerly a town, now within the City of London, Ontario.
  19. A village in the Free State province, South Africa, founded by the Duke of Westminster.
  20. A suburb of Perth in the City of Stirling, Western Australia.
  21. An English dukedom.

词源

From the abbey of Westminster; from Middle English Westmynster, from Old English Westmynster; equivalent to west + minster.
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