Hyde
//haɪd// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of hide (area of land) alt-of, alternative
Verb
- 1 Obsolete form of hide. alt-of, obsolete
Proper Noun
- 1 An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living on a hide of land. countable, uncountable
- 2 A number of places in England:; A civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire. countable, uncountable
- 3 A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Minchinhampton parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8801). countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in England:; A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire). countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in England:; A small village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612). countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in England:; A suburb of Winchester, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4830). countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, probably in Blunsdon parish (OS grid ref SU1589). countable, uncountable
- 8 A census-designated place in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable
- 9 An unincorporated community in Ridgeway, Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
- 10 A rural locality in Otago, New Zealand, between Middlemarch and Ranfurly. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Can you tell me how to get to Hyde Park?"
Etymology
* As an English surname, from the root of hide (“measure of land”). * Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ide. * As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Haid.
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