Highgate
See also: highgate
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Heygate
Etymology edit
From Old English hēah (“high”) + ġeat (“gate”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Highgate (countable and uncountable, plural Highgates)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- An upper-class suburb of London, in the borough of Haringey, borough of Camden and borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2887).
- A village in Hawkhurst, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7630).
- An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0785).
- A village in Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0197).
- A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
- A settlement on the north coast of Jamaica.
- A town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Highgate is the 39547th most common surname in England, belonging to 80 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Highgate”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176.
- Forebears