# Wellington
## English
### Alternative forms

* (noun) wellington

### Etymology 1

From earlier Weolingtun, from:
* For the place in Shropshire, England: Partly uncertain. The second element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come either from *wœling (“ridge, bank”), or else from *wēoling (“device, artefact”).
* For the place in Somerset, England: Partly obscure. The last element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come from either the personal name *Wēola + ing, or else *wēoling (“trap”).
* Many places with this name are named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American, UK) IPA: /ˈwɛlɪŋtən/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈweləŋtən/
* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈweləŋtən/, [ˈwɛlɪŋtɘn]
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Hyphenation: Wel‧ling‧ton

#### Proper noun

Wellington (countable and uncountable, plural Wellingtons)
* The capital city of New Zealand.
    Abbreviation: Wgton.
* (metonymically) by extension, the Government of New Zealand.
    Synonym: Beehive
* Wellington Region, a region in the south of the North Island, New Zealand, which includes the capital.
* Several places in England:
** A locality in Gosforth parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0704).
** A village and civil parish in Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4948).
** A market town and civil parish with a town council in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6511).
** A market town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1320).
* Any of several places in a select number of countries, including:
** A town in The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India.
** A town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
* A number of places in Australia:
** A town in Sumner County, New South Wales.
** A tiny township in South Australia.
** The Shire of Wellington, a local government area in eastern Victoria.
** Ellipsis of Wellington Land District., A district of Tasmania.
* A number of places in Canada:
** A neighborhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia.
** A former name of a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now called Dover.
** A community of the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia; an a suburb of Halifax.
** A community of Yarmouth district municipality, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
** A community of Queens County, Nova Scotia.
** A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
** An unincorporated place and community of Prince Edward County, Ontario.
** A residential neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
* A number of places in the United States:
** An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama.
** A statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado.
** A village in Palm Beach County, Florida.
** A village in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County, Florida.
** A city, the county seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
** A home rule city in Jefferson County, Kentucky; an a suburb of Louisville.
** An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky.
** A small city in Piscataquis County, Maine.
** An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan.
** An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, also Wellingtons and Wellingtons Station.
** A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
** A city, the county seat of Collingsworth County, Texas.
** A small city in Carbon County, Utah.
** Former name of Tye, King County, Washington, which later became a ghost town.
** A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
* Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
* (countable) A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.

##### Derived terms

* Calstone Wellington
* Wellington County
* Wellington District
* Wellingtonian
* Wellington Land District
* Wellington North
* Wellingtons
* Wellington's
* Wellingtons Station
* Wellington Station

#### Noun

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)
* (card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised this style of boot.

#### Noun

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)
* Ellipsis of Wellington boot.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Generalization from beef Wellington.

#### Noun

Wellington (plural Wellingtons)
* (cooking) Meat baked in a puff pastry.

##### Related terms

* beef Wellington
* beet Wellington
* lamb Wellington
* salmon Wellington
* sausage Wellington

### References

* ↑ NZ Topo Map
* ↑ Parish map (Herefordshire)
* ↑ Parish map (Telford & Wrekin)
* ↑ Parish map (Somerset)

## Afrikaans
### Proper noun

Wellington
* Wellington (a town in Western Cape, South Africa)
* Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

#### Derived terms

* Wellingtonner
* Wellingtons

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛlɪŋkton]

### Proper noun

Wellington m inan (relational adjective wellingtonský)
* Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Wellington”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Wellington.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɛˈliŋk.tɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iŋktɔn
* Syllabification: We‧lling‧ton

### Proper noun

Wellington m inan
* Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

#### Derived terms

* wellingtoński
* wellingtonka
* wellingtończyk

### Further reading

* Wellington in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Wellington.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈwɛ.lĩ.tõ/

### Proper noun

Wellington
* Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)

### Proper noun

Wellington m
* a male given name of Brazilian usage

## Slovak
### Proper noun

Wellington m inan (genitive singular Wellingtonu, declension pattern of dub)
* Wellington (the capital of New Zealand)

### References

* “Wellington”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈw̝elinton/ [ˈw̝e.lĩn̪.t̪õn]
* Rhymes: -elinton
* Syllabification: We‧lling‧ton

### Proper noun

Wellington f
* Wellington

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɛlɪŋˌtən/

### Proper noun

Wellington f (not mutable)
* Wellington (the capital of New Zealand)

### Mutation

H-prothesis does not affect this word as the ⟨w⟩ here represents the semivowel /w/ rather than a vowel sound.