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Churchill

//ˈt͡ʃɜːɹt͡ʃɪl// name, slang

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  1. 1
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A suburb of the city of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
  2. 2
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A town in the City of Latrobe, central eastern Victoria, Australia.
  3. 3
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in Canada:; A town in Manitoba, on the coast of Hudson Bay.
  4. 4
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in Canada:; A community in the township of Lot 65, Prince Edward Island.
  5. 5
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in Canada:; A community in the town of Innisfil, Simcoe County, Ontario.
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  1. 6
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in Canada:; A community in the town of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario.
  2. 7
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in England:; A hamlet in All Saints parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2901).
  3. 8
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in England:; A hamlet in East Down parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5940).
  4. 9
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in England:; A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2824).
  5. 10
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in England:; A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4459).
  6. 11
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in England:; A village in Churchill and Blakedown parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8879).
  7. 12
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in England:; A village and civil parish in the hundred of Oswaldslow, Wychavon district, Worcestershire; in full, Churchill-in-Oswaldslow (OS grid ref SO9253).
  8. 13
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
  9. 14
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in the United States:; A neighborhood in the city of Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts.
  10. 15
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
  11. 16
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Renville County, Minnesota.
  12. 17
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
  13. 18
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A place in the United States:; A borough of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
  14. 19
    Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.; A village in County Donegal, Ireland, also known as Church Hill or Churchhill.
  15. 20
    A habitational surname from Old English from any of these places.
  16. 21
    A habitational surname from Old English from any of these places.; Winston Churchill (English statesman, soldier and author, who served as the British prime minister during World War II; particularly as a proponent of the British Empire, powerful orator, or symbol of dogged and successful perseverance).

    "The British ruling class are fighting against Hitler, whom they have always regarded and whom some of them still regard as their protector against Bolshevism. That does not mean that they will deliberately sell out; but it does mean that at every decisive moment they are likely to falter, pull their punches, do the wrong thing. Until the Churchill Government called some sort of halt to the process, they have done the wrong thing with an unerring instinct ever since 1931."

  17. 22
    Ellipsis of Churchill College, Cambridge. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
  18. 23
    A cocktail made with Scotch, vermouth, a citrus liqueur, and lime juice.

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From church + hill.

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