Rutland

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small landlocked county in the East Midlands of England.
  2. 2
    An English habitational surname from the county in England.
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Rutland County, Vermont; named for English nobleman John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Groveland Township, LaSalle County, Illinois; named for the city in Vermont.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Indiana.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Humboldt County, Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Kentucky.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Jefferson County, New York.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Sargent County, North Dakota.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A village and township in Meigs County, Ohio.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lake County, South Dakota.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Dane County, Wisconsin.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of other townships, listed under Rutland Township.
  11. 16
    A neighborhood of Kelowna, Regional District of Central Okanagan, British Columbia; named for early settler John "Hope" Matthew Rutland.
  12. 17
    A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Senlac, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Etymology

Unclear. Attested in Old English as Roteland and Ritelanede. Perhaps hrīþer (“cattle”) + land (“land”), or from the personal name Rota + land.

Related phrases

Braunston-in-RutlandRutland CountyRutland Watercounty seatnew yorknorth dakotarutland county

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