Hutt

//hʌt// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A river and valley in Western Australia.

    "The following passages describe the banks of the Hutt, to which allusion has already been made as the largest river of Western Australia yet known."

  3. 3
    A former county in the modern Wellington region, New Zealand, which was abolished in 1989; in full, Hutt County.
  4. 4
    A river and valley in the Wellington region, North Island, New Zealand.

    "Having forded the Hutt, I proceeded up the course of the Akatarewa."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Named after Sir William Hutt, chairman of the New Zealand Company.

Etymology 2

Named after Sir William Hutt, chairman of the New Zealand Company.

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