Bath

From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɑːθ/
• (South West England) IPA^(key): /bæːθ/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /bæθ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bæθ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːθ, -æːθ, -æθ
• Homophone: bath

Bath

1. A city in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England, famous for its baths fed by a hot spring.
2. A village in the Netherlands.
3. A village in New Brunswick, Canada.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A village in Illinois.
   2. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
   3. A city, the county seat of Sagadahoc County, Maine; named for the city in England.
   4. A town in New Hampshire; named for William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.
   5. A town and village, the county seat of Steuben County, New York.
   6. A town in North Carolina.
   7. A town in Ohio.
   8. A borough in Pennsylvania; named for the city in England.
5. A town and mineral spring in Saint Thomas parish, Jamaica; named for the city in England.
6. A surname.

Nonstandard transliteration of Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ, “resurrection”).

• IPA^(key): /bæθ/, /bɑːθ/
• Rhymes: -æθ, -ɑːθ
• Homophone: bath

Bath

1. (rare, nonstandard, usually in the phrase ‘Bath Party’) Alternative form of Baath

• Bathism
• Bathist
• debathification

• BTHA, Bhat, baht

First attested as insula de boestenbare dicta in 1235. Derived from Middle Dutch bat (“bathwater”). Originally a hydronym.

See also Zealandic Bat.

• IPA^(key): /bɑt/

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• Hyphenation: Bath
• Rhymes: -ɑt
• Homophone: bad

Bath n

1. A village and former municipality of Reimerswaal, Zeeland, Netherlands.

• Fort Bath
• Rilland en Bath
• Rilland-Bath

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bath”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN