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Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English butere (butter) + worþ (enclosure).

The city in Malaysia is named after William John Butterworth, Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843 to 1855.

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Butterworth (countable and uncountable, plural Butterworths)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A ghost town in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States.
  4. A city in Penang, Malaysia.

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Malay

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Unadapted borrowing from English Butterworth, after William John Butterworth.

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Butterworth (Jawi spelling بتتروورث)

  1. Butterworth (a city in Penang, Malaysia)