Carlisle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑːɹˈlaɪl/
homophone: Carlyle
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: Carlill
Etymology: From Middle English Carlele, from Middle English Carleol, Carleul, from Cumbric [Term?] (compare Caer Ligualid in the Historia Brittonum, Middle Welsh Caer Liwelydd, Welsh Caerliwelydd, all suffixed with -ydd), composed of Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort”) + Proto-Brythonic [Term?] (> Latin Luguvalium), from Proto-Celtic *Luguwalos (personal name, literally “strength of Lugus”), from *Lugus + *walos (“strength”).
The absence of a suffix comparable to Welsh -ydd in the underlying Cumbric form is unexplained; see w:Cumbric/Absence of -ydd.
Senses: glosses: A city in and the county town of Cumbria, and formerly of the county of Cumberland, and in Cumberland unitary authority since 2023, northwestern England (OS grid ref NY3955).
glosses: A former local government district in Cumbria, existing in and around the city, created 1974 and abolished 2023, becoming part of Cumberland unitary authority.
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A northern neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
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A community in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario.
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A community in North Middlesex municipality, Ontario.
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A community in Carlisle-Rockledge, Etowah County, Alabama.
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A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
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A town in Haddon Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.
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A city in Warren County and Polk County, Iowa.
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A home rule city, the county seat of Nicholas County, Kentucky.
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An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
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A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
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A historical locale in Kalamo Township, Eaton County, Michigan.
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A historical community in Byron Township, Kent County, Michigan.
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An unincorporated community and township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
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An unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
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An unincorporated community in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
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A town in Schoharie County, New York.
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A city in Franklin Township, Warren County and German Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, named after railroad man George B. Carlisle.
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A township in Lorain County, Ohio.
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A borough, the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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A town in Union County, South Carolina.
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An unincorporated community in Trinity County, Texas.
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An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
glosses: A village in Saint George parish, Antigua and Barbuda.
glosses: A suburb of Perth in the Town of Victoria Park, Western Australia.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Carlisle County
Carlisle-Rockledge
Carlyle
Port Carlisle