Haverhill

English

Etymology

From either Old English *hæfera (“oats”) or hæfer (“billy (goat)”) + hyll (“hill”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈheɪvəhɪl/, /ˈheɪvɹɪl/
  • (Massachusetts) IPA(key): /ˈheɪvɹɪl/

Proper noun

Haverhill

  1. A market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district, on the border with Essex (OS grid ref TL6745). [1]
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. A town in Palm Beach County, Florida.
    2. A small city in Marshall County, Iowa.
    3. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas.
    4. A city in Essex County, Massachusetts.
    5. A township in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
    6. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
    7. An unincorporated community in Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Parish map (England)
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