Richmond

//ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənd// name

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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Australia:; A town in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Australia:; A town and locality in the Shire of Richmond, Queensland.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Australia:; An urban inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Australia:; A town in the City of Clarence, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Australia:; An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Australia:; An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Canada:; A city on Lulu Island, in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Canada:; A residential neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Canada:; A former urban neighbourhood in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Canada:; A village and former municipality of Ottawa, Ontario.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Canada:; A civil parish of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Canada:; A rural community of Prince County, Prince Edward Island.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in Canada:; A town in the region of Estrie, Quebec.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; Places in England:; A town in south-west Greater London; in full, Richmond upon Thames (OS grid ref TQ1875).
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; Places in England:; A market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ1701).
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; Places in England:; A suburb and ward in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4085).
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A market town in Saint Mary parish, Jamaica.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; Places in New Zealand:; A town, the seat of Tasman district, in the north of the South Island, New Zealand.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; Places in New Zealand:; A minor suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; Places in New Zealand:; A small settlement in North Otago district, Otago, New Zealand.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; Places in South Africa:; A town in the Karoo region, Northern Cape, South Africa.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; Places in South Africa:; A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Alabama, also known as Warrenton.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Little River County, Arkansas.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A sizable port city in Contra Costa County, California.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood of San Francisco, California; in full, Richmond District.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Indiana.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A tiny city in Franklin County, Kansas.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A home rule city, the county seat of Madison County, Kentucky.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Madison Parish, Louisiana.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place in Sagadahoc County, Maine.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Macomb County and St. Clair County, Michigan.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Stearns County, Minnesota.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Ray County, Missouri.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Ontario County, New York.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A former borough of New York City; since 1975, the borough of Staten Island. archaic
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Jefferson County, Ohio.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wheeler County, Oregon.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Washington County, Rhode Island.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Fort Bend County, Texas.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Cache County, Utah.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Chittenden County, Vermont.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; The capital city of Virginia.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
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    A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):; A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships, listed under Richmond Township.
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    An English dukedom.
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    A surname derived from the English place name.

    "Be cheerful, Richmond; for the wronged souls Of butcher'd princes fight in thy behalf: King Henry's issue, Richmond, comforts thee."

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    A male given name transferred from the surname.

Example

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"The threat to Richmond was ended."

Etymology

From Middle English Rychemund, from a name cognate to French Richemont (“town in Normandy”). Equivalent to rich + mound.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.