Butterworth

//ˈbatəwɔt// name

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Definitions

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

Etymology

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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