Enfield
See also: enfield
English
Etymology
From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (“lamb”) + feld (“field”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛnfiːld/
Proper noun
Enfield
- A locale in England:
- A town and London borough in Greater London.
- A suburban area in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, south of Clayton-le-Moors (OS grid ref SD7530). [2]
- A district of the town of Redditch, Worcestershire.
- A town in County Meath, Ireland; name adapted from Innfield (after an inn in the area) after the town in England.
- A locale in Australia.
- A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; named for the town in England.
- A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.
- A rural locality in Victoria, Australia.
- A suburban community in Nova Scotia, Canada; named for the town in Connecticut.
- A locale in the United States.
- A town in Hartford County, Connecticut; named for the town in England.
- A village in White County, Illinois.
- A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
- A submerged ghost town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts; named for early settler Robert Field.
- A town, village, and census-designated place in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for the town in Connecticut.
- A town in Tompkins County, New York.
- A town in Halifax County, North Carolina.
- An English habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Translations
town in Ireland
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Noun
Enfield (plural Enfields)
- An Enfield revolver, a British handgun manufactured at the government-owned Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield.
References
- ^ Enfield. Ancestry surname database.
- ^ OS: Lancashire