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Carlisle

//kɑːɹˈlaɪl// name

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  1. 1
    A city in and the county town of Cumbria, and formerly of the county of Cumberland, and in Cumberland unitary authority since 2023, northwestern England (OS grid ref NY3955).
  2. 2
    A former local government district in Cumbria, existing in and around the city, created 1974 and abolished 2023, becoming part of Cumberland unitary authority.
  3. 3
    A place in Canada:; A northern neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
  4. 4
    A place in Canada:; A community in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario.
  5. 5
    A place in Canada:; A community in North Middlesex municipality, Ontario.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A community in Carlisle-Rockledge, Etowah County, Alabama.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Haddon Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Warren County and Polk County, Iowa.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A home rule city, the county seat of Nicholas County, Kentucky.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A historical locale in Kalamo Township, Eaton County, Michigan.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A historical community in Byron Township, Kent County, Michigan.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Schoharie County, New York.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Franklin Township, Warren County and German Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, named after railroad man George B. Carlisle.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Lorain County, Ohio.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A borough, the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Union County, South Carolina.
  18. 23
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Trinity County, Texas.
  19. 24
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
  20. 25
    A village in Saint George parish, Antigua and Barbuda.
  21. 26
    A suburb of Perth in the Town of Victoria Park, Western Australia.
  22. 27
    A habitational surname from Old English.

Etymology

From Middle English Carlele, from Middle English Carleol, Carleul, from Cumbric [Term?] (compare Caer Ligualid in the Historia Brittonum, Middle Welsh Caer Liwelydd, Welsh Caerliwelydd, all suffixed with -ydd), composed of Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort”) + Proto-Brythonic [Term?] (> Latin Luguvalium), from Proto-Celtic *Luguwalos (personal name, literally “strength of Lugus”), from *Lugus + *walos (“strength”). The absence of a suffix comparable to Welsh -ydd in the underlying Cumbric form is unexplained; see w:Cumbric/Absence of -ydd.

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