Davenport

See also: davenport

English

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Etymology

  • As an English surname, from Old English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (trickle, drop), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (mist, haze).
  • As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (descendant of Donndubhartach), which is from donn (brown) + dubh (black) + artach (nobleman); see airigh.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Davenport (countable and uncountable, plural Davenports)

  1. A surname
    1. A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Cheshire.
    2. A surname from Irish of Irish origin from the Gaelic Ó Donndubhartaigh.
    3. A surname from Anglo-Norman of Anglo-Norman origin: de avesne port, where avesne is derived from Frankish avisna ("field" see:Wiese).
  2. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
    1. A place in the United Kingdom
      1. A hamlet in Brereton parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8065). [1]
      2. A suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8988).
    2. A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California.
      2. A city in Polk County, Florida.
      3. A city, the county seat of Scott County, Iowa.
      4. A village in Thayer County, Nebraska.
      5. A town in Delaware County, New York.
      6. A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
      7. A town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma.
      8. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia.
      9. A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Washington.
    4. A place in Australia:
      1. A locality in the Barkly Region, Northern Territory.
      2. A suburb of Port Augusta, South Australia.
      3. A suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia.

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References

Further reading

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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