Bath

See also: bath, bàth, baþ, bað, and Ba'th

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɑːθ/
  • (South West England) IPA(key): /bæːθ/
  • (Northern England) IPA(key): /bæθ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bæθ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːθ, -æːθ, -æθ
  • Homophone: bath

Proper noun

Bath

  1. A city in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England, famous for its baths fed by a hot spring.
  2. A village in the Netherlands.
  3. A village in New Brunswick, Canada.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A village in Illinois.
    2. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
    3. A city, the county seat of Sagadahoc County, Maine; named for the city in England.
    4. A town in New Hampshire; named for William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.
    5. A town and village, the county seat of Steuben County, New York.
    6. A town in North Carolina.
    7. A town in Ohio.
    8. A borough in Pennsylvania; named for the city in England.
  5. A locality in Saint John parish, Barbados.
  6. A town and mineral spring in Saint Thomas parish, Jamaica; named for the city in England.
  7. An English marquisate.
  8. A surname.
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Translations

Etymology 2

Nonstandard transliteration of Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ, resurrection).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bæθ/, /bɑːθ/
  • Rhymes: -æθ, -ɑːθ
  • Homophone: bath

Proper noun

Bath

  1. Uncommon form of Baath.
Derived terms

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as insula de boestenbare dicta in 1235. Derived from Middle Dutch bat (bathwater). Originally a hydronym.

See also Zealandic Bat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Bath
  • Rhymes: -ɑt
  • Homophone: bad

Proper noun

Bath n

  1. a village and former municipality of Reimerswaal, Zeeland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bath”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN