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Hampstead en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈhæmpstɪd/ (UK)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈhæmpstɛd/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hempstead.

Meanings

1. An affluent suburban area in the borough of Camden, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2685).
2. A parish and community therein, in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.
3. A suburb and municipality in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
4. A town in Carroll County, Maryland.
5. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
6. A census-designated place in Pender County, North Carolina.
7. A village in Saint Andrew parish, Dominica.
8. A suburb of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Deriveds

Hampstead Norris · Hampstead Heath · South Hampstead · West Hampstead · East Hampstead · Hampstead Norreys

Hampstead en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈhæmpstɪd/ (UK)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈhæmpstɛd/ (UK)

Etymology

From Hampstead Heath.

Meanings

1. shortened form of Hampstead Heath: teeth (Cockney rhyming slang).
   • That geezer knocked out his bloody Hampsteads, he did!

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