Butterworth

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English butere (“butter”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

The city in Malaysia is named after William John Butterworth, Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843 to 1855.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌtə(ɹ)ˌwɜː(ɹ)θ/
• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /ˈbatəwɔt/

Butterworth (countable and uncountable, plural Butterworths)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A ghost town in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States.
4. A city in Penang, Malaysia.

• Butterworth filter

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Butterworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 262.

Unadapted borrowing from English Butterworth, after William John Butterworth.

• (Johor) IPA^(key): /batˈtə(r)wo(r)t/ [bat̪̚ˈt̪ə(r).wo(r)t̪̚]

• (Penang, Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /batˈtərwort/ [bat̪̚ˈt̪ər.wort̪̚]

Butterworth (Jawi spelling بتتروورث)

1. Butterworth (a city in Penang, Malaysia)