Vauxhall
See also: vauxhall
English
Etymology
Generally thought to have originated in the late 13th century, from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area, known as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɒks.ɔːl/
Proper noun
Vauxhall
- An inner city area of London in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3077). [1]
- An inner city area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3492).
- A neighbourhood and holiday park in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5108).
- An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0988). [2]
- An unincorporated community in Union County, New Jersey, United States.
- A town in southern Alberta, Canada.
- A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, on the North Shore.
- A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. [3]
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Dutch: vauxhall
- → Russian: вокза́л (vokzál, “(transport) station, terminal”), вокза́лъ (vokzál) — Pre-reform orthography (1918), фокса́л (foksál), вокса́л (voksál), воксга́л (voksgál) — obsolete
- → Armenian: վոկզալ (vokzal), վակզալ (vakzal)
- → Azerbaijani: vağzal
- → Belarusian: вакза́л (vakzál)
- → Georgian: ვაგზალი (vagzali)
- → Ingrian: vokzala
- → Kazakh: вокзал (vokzal)
- → Kyrgyz: вокзал (vokzal)
- → Lithuanian: agzolas
- → Mongolian:
- Cyrillic script: вокзал (vokzal)
- Mongolian script: ᠸᠣᠻᠽᠠᠯ (wokzal)
- → Polish: woksal, wogzał
- → Tajik: вокзал (vokzal)
- → Tatar: вокзал (woqzal)
- → Turkmen: wokzal
- → Udmurt: вокзал (vokzal)
- → Ukrainian: вокза́л (vokzál)
- → Uyghur: ۋوگزال (wogzal)
- → Uzbek: vokzal
- → Polish: Foksal
Noun
Vauxhall (plural Vauxhalls)