Carlisle
name ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 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 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 A place in Canada:; A northern neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
- 4 A place in Canada:; A community in Flamborough, Hamilton, Ontario.
- 5 A place in Canada:; A community in North Middlesex municipality, Ontario.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A community in Carlisle-Rockledge, Etowah County, Alabama.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Haddon Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Warren County and Polk County, Iowa.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A home rule city, the county seat of Nicholas County, Kentucky.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; A historical locale in Kalamo Township, Eaton County, Michigan.
- 14 A number of places in the United States:; A historical community in Byron Township, Kent County, Michigan.
- 15 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
- 16 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
- 17 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
- 18 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Schoharie County, New York.
- 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.
- 20 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Lorain County, Ohio.
- 21 A number of places in the United States:; A borough, the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
- 22 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Union County, South Carolina.
- 23 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Trinity County, Texas.
- 24 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
- 25 A village in Saint George parish, Antigua and Barbuda.
- 26 A suburb of Perth in the Town of Victoria Park, Western Australia.
- 27 A habitational surname from Old English.
Example
More examples"In late October 1912, 15-year-old Agnes White, left her home on the St. Regis Mohawk reservation in northern New York to begin five years of vocational training at the Carlisle Industrial Indian School in Pennsylvania."
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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