Bath
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.
Pronunciation edit
- (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
Proper noun edit
Bath
- A city in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England, famous for its baths fed by a hot spring.
- A village in the Netherlands.
- A village in New Brunswick, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A village in Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Sagadahoc County, Maine; named for the city in England.
- A town in New Hampshire; named for William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.
- A town and village, the county seat of Steuben County, New York.
- A town in North Carolina.
- A town in Ohio.
- A borough in Pennsylvania; named for the city in England.
- A town and mineral spring in Saint Thomas parish, Jamaica; named for the city in England.
- A surname.
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City in England
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Etymology 2 edit
Nonstandard transliteration of Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ, “resurrection”).
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Proper noun edit
Bath
- (rare, nonstandard, usually in the phrase ‘Bath Party’) Alternative form of Baath
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as insula de boestenbare dicta in 1235. Derived from Middle Dutch bat (“bathwater”). Originally a hydronym.
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Bath n
- A village and former municipality of Reimerswaal, Zeeland, Netherlands.