St Ives

See also: stives

English

Etymology

  • Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint.[1]
  • Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here.[1]
  • Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives.[1]
  • New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sənt ˈaɪvz/

Proper noun

St Ives

  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140). [3]
  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). [4]
  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.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A. D. Mills, Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names, 1997, p.282
  2. ^ St Ives, Dictionary of Sydney, 2008
  3. ^ Parish map (Cornwall)
  4. ^ Parish map (Huntingdonshire)
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