Nelson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛlsən/
rhymes: -ɛlsən
Forms: form: Nelsons
Etymology: From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son.
* In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic (Scandinavian) surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas".
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
examples: text: Africans of my generation - and even today - generally have both a Western and an African name. Whites were either unable or unwilling to pronounce an African name, and considered it uncivilized to have one. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this particular name upon me I have no idea. Perhaps it had something to do with the great British sea captain Lord Nelson, but that would only be a guess.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A placename
A place in Australia.
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A placename
A place in Australia.
A small fishing town in Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A placename
A city in British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A placename
A city and region of New Zealand, named after Horatio Nelson.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United Kingdom:
A town and civil parish in Pendle borough, Lancashire, England.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United Kingdom:
A village and community in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1195).
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Butte County, California.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A small city in Pickens County and Cherokee County, Georgia.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A village in Lee County, Illinois.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A tiny city in Douglas County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A tiny city in Saline County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A town in Madison County, New York.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A former small town in Durham County, North Carolina.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A village in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: full nelson
Grelling-Nelson paradox
half nelson
nelson
Nelson Bay
Nelson bighorn
Nelson County
Nelsonesque
Nelsonian
Nelson Island
nelsonite
Nelson's Column
Nelson's sparrow
Nelson Township
Nelsonville
quarter nelson
three-quarter nelson
Related terms: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805)
British admiral