Enfield

See also: enfield

English

Etymology

From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (lamb) + feld (field).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɛnfiːld/

Proper noun

Enfield

  1. A locale in England:
    1. A town and London borough in Greater London.
    2. A suburban area in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, south of Clayton-le-Moors (OS grid ref SD7530). [2]
    3. A district of the town of Redditch, Worcestershire.
  2. A town in County Meath, Ireland; name adapted from Innfield (after an inn in the area) after the town in England.
  3. A locale in Australia.
    1. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; named for the town in England.
    2. A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.
    3. A rural locality in Victoria, Australia.
  4. A suburban community in Nova Scotia, Canada; named for the town in Connecticut.
  5. A locale in the United States.
    1. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut; named for the town in England.
    2. A village in White County, Illinois.
    3. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
    4. A submerged ghost town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts; named for early settler Robert Field.
    5. A town, village, and census-designated place in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for the town in Connecticut.
    6. A town in Tompkins County, New York.
    7. A town in Halifax County, North Carolina.
  6. An English habitational surname from Old English.

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Noun

Enfield (plural Enfields)

  1. An Enfield revolver, a British handgun manufactured at the government-owned Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield.
    • 1997 December 23, Marcus [username], “Re: New Pre '64 or 700 action?”, in rec.guns (Usenet):
      Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra.

References

  1. Enfield. Ancestry surname database.
  2. OS: Lancashire

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