Keswick en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɛzɪk/
Etymology
From Old English ċȳse (“cheese”) and wīc (“farm”); alternatively, cheese + -wick; the alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.
Meanings
- A place in England: ▸ A market town and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale district, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY2623).
- A place in England: ▸ A coastal village in Bacton parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3533).
- A place in England: ▸ A small village in Keswick and Intwood parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2004).
- A place in Canada: ▸ A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta.
- A place in Canada: ▸ A community in the town of Georgina, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
- A place in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Shasta County, California.
- A place in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
- A place in the United States: ▸ A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
- A place in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Bingham township, Leelanau County, Michigan.
- A place in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Albemarle County, Virginia.
- A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.
Deriveds
Keswickism · Keswick and Intwood · Keswickian