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District of Malawi
in Zomba: Zomba Central Zomba Changalume Zomba Chingale Zomba Chisi Zomba Likangala Zomba Lisanjala Zomba Msondole Zomba Mtonya Zomba Malosa Zomba Thondwe
Zomba_District
Place in Southern Region, Malawi
Zomba is a city in southern Malawi, in the Shire Highlands. It is the former capital city of Malawi. It was the capital of first British Central Africa
Zomba,_Malawi
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Zomba or zomba in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zomba may refer to: Zomba, Hungary, village Zomba, Malawi, city Zomba District Zomba Massif
Zomba
Malawian poet and scientist
Under 30. Chisala was born in south-east Malawi in 1994, and grew up in Zomba. She began writing poetry at thirteen. At seventeen, Chisala moved to the
Upile_Chisala
Malawian electoral constituency
Zomba Thondwe Constituency is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Zomba District of Malawi's Southern Region. It is one
Zomba_Thondwe_Constituency
Malawian electoral constituency
Zomba Chingale Constituency is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Zomba District of Malawi's Southern Region. It is one
Zomba_Chingale_Constituency
Malawian electoral constituency
Zomba Changalume Constituency is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Zomba District of Malawi's Southern Region. It is one
Zomba_Lisanjala_Constituency
Malawian electoral constituency
Zomba Malosa Constituency is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Zomba District of Malawi's Southern Region. It is one of
Zomba_Malosa_Constituency
Malawian electoral constituency
Zomba Chisi Constituency is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Zomba District of Malawi's Southern Region. It is one of
Zomba_Chisi_Constituency
Malawian electoral constituency
Zomba Nsondole Constituency is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Zomba District of Malawi's Southern Region. It is one
Zomba_Nsondole_Constituency
Natural disaster in Malawi
Nkhotakota, Nsanje, Ntcheu, Ntchisi, Phalombe, Salima, Thyolo, Zomba City and Zomba District. The government's disaster management agency has provided aid
2026_Malawi_floods
Malawian electoral constituency
Zomba Changalume Constituency is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Zomba District of Malawi's Southern Region. It is one
Zomba_Changalume_Constituency
Malawian electoral constituency
Zomba Mtonya Constituency is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Zomba District of Malawi's Southern Region. It is one of
Zomba_Mtonya_Constituency
Malawian electoral constituency
Zomba Likangala Constituency is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Zomba District of Malawi's Southern Region. It is one
Zomba_Likangala_Constituency
Malawian electoral constituency
Zomba Central Constituency is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Zomba District of Malawi's Southern Region. It is one
Zomba_Central_Constituency
President of Malawi from 2012 to 2014
Hilda Ntila was born on 12 April 1950 in Malemia, a village in the Zomba District of Nyasaland (now Malawi). She went to Providence Secondary School.
Joyce_Banda
Lake in Malawi
the second-largest lake in Malawi after Lake Malawi. It is in eastern Zomba District, near the border with Mozambique. Approximately 60 km long and 40 km
Lake_Chilwa
Australian equestrian
Britain) Discipline Eventing Born (1965-09-28) 28 September 1965 (age 61) Zomba, Malawi Medal record Representing Australia Equestrian Olympic Games 2008
Lucinda_Fredericks
for the Zomba Changalume constituency in Zomba district, Malawi from 2009 to 2014. Grace Zinenani Maseko was a member of parliament for the Zomba Changalume
Grace_Zinenani_Maseko
Tertiary referral hospital in Malawi
patients from several neighboring countries. The hospital is located in Zomba District. As a public hospital of the former capital of Malawi, it serves as
Zomba_Central_Hospital
Small trading centre in the Zomba District of Malawi
trading centre located in the Zomba District of Malawi. The Malosa mountain range and plateau neighbours the more famous Zomba Plateau and is separated by
Malosa_(Malawi)
Zomba Malosa is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Zomba District of Malawi's Southern Region. It elects one Member of
Zomba Malosa (Malawi Parliament constituency)
Zomba_Malosa_(Malawi_Parliament_constituency)
Malawian lawyer and jurist
Rights for a six-year term in 2017. Chizumila was born on 14 May 1953 in Zomba, Malawi. Her father, George Michongwe, was a senior civil servant who was
Tujilane_Chizumila
British protectorate from 1907 to 1964
Protectorate, Zomba: Government Printer, pp. 33–4, 88. D Hirschmann and M Vaughan, (1984). Women Farmers of Malawi: Food Production in the Zomba District, Berkeley:
Nyasaland
Malawian long-distance runner
John Mwathiwa (born 1 March 1967 in Zomba) is a Malawian long distance runner. He represented Malawi at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics as well
John_Mwathiwa
British demographer
on 6 April 1967 and he is from Makanjira Village, TA Chikowi, in the Zomba District of Malawi. He was the eighth of twelve children and like his elder brothers
Thomas_John_Bisika
Malawian chess player (born 1987)
Candidate Master in 2010. He grew up in Zomba and was introduced to chess at age 11 by his brother. Since Zomba did not host major chess tournaments, he
Chiletso_Chipanga
Malawian footballer
represented the Malawi national team internationally. Chitsulo was born in Zomba. He was the first Malawian born footballer who scored a professional goal
Daniel_Chitsulo
Malawian footballer
Davi Banda (born 29 December 1983 in Zomba) is a Malawian footballer who last played for Kamuzu Barracks FC in the Super League of Malawi. Banda began
Davi_Banda
2004 she served as a member of parliament for the Zomba Changalume constituency in Zomba district. Anne Mary Fletcher was born on May 23, 1957, the sixth
Anne_Mary_Fletcher
village in the Zomba District of Malawi, located on the southeastern edge of the Malosa Forest Reserve just off Highway S144 on the way from Zomba to Liwonde
Malemia,_Zomba
Malawian Catholic bishop (born 1928)
a Malawian Catholic prelate who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Zomba from 1981 until his retirement in 2004. Allan Chamgwera was born on 30 April
Allan_Chamgwera
Malawian television presenter
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. He was buried in Malosa, Zomba. In reaction to his death, The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
Geoffrey_Kapusa
Road in Malawi
Blantyre District to the towns of Chingale in Zomba District and the town of Machinga in Machinga District. The road starts at Lirangwe, Blantyre District, along
Lirangwe–Chingale–Machinga Road
Lirangwe–Chingale–Machinga_Road
Malawian judoka (born 1993)
medal, as well as the 2019 African Games. Her home village is Chikowi, Zomba District. Boniface is the first Malawian judoka to qualify for the Olympic Games
Harriet_Boniface
Malawian long-distance runner
Mike Tebulo (born 5 June 1985 in Zomba, Malawi) is a Malawian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics and
Mike_Tebulo
Malawian footballer (born 1997)
information Date of birth (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 29) Place of birth Zomba, Malawi Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Position Centre-back Senior career* Years
Dennis_Chembezi
Malawian academic, diplomat, and politician (1957–2018)
York, before his body was flown to Malawi. Mhura was buried in the city of Zomba, Malawi, on March 1, 2018. "H.E. Necton Mhura biography". Permanent Mission
Necton_Mhura
Organization
stakeholders. Since October 2004, Dignitas has been working particularly in Zomba District, Malawi in partnership with the Malawi Ministry of Health, providing
Dignitas_International
Malawian lawyer and Solicitor general
Principal Secretary. Banda was born on 11 January 1970 in Malosa hospital in Zomba, then the capital of Malawi. She was the sixth of eight children. After
Janet_Banda
Malawian chief and activist (1958–2025)
traditional rulers in the Dedza District around Lake Malawi. She worked as a secretary for 27 years at a College in Zomba District in southern Malawi. She married
Theresa_Kachindamoto
British historian and academic
Vaughan, Megan (1984). Women Farmers of Malawi: Food Production in the Zomba District. Berkeley, CA: Institute of International Studies, University of California
Megan_Vaughan
English archdeacon (1906–1982)
1982) was archdeacon of the Riviera from 1972 to 1976. Hearsey was born in Zomba, Nyasaland (now Malawi), to Lt.-Col. Herbert Hyde Young Hearsey, the Principal
Henry_Hearsey
Member of Malawian parliament for Zomba Malosa
Kwelepeta became the Malawian member of National Assembly of Malawi for Zomba Malosa in 2019. She was a teacher and she takes an interest in education
Grace_Kwelepeta
Malawian footballer
Russell Mwafulirwa (born 24 February 1983, in Zomba) is a Malawian former football player who played for Ajax Cape Town and IFK Norrköping. In 2020 went
Russell_Mwafulirwa
Malawian politician, First Lady from (2014–2020; since 2025)
originates from the village of Kapasule in Balaka District. She was educated at St Mary's Secondary School in Zomba. She was a member of the National Assembly
Gertrude_Maseko
D., and M. Vaughan. Women Farmers of Malawi: Food Production in the Zomba District. 1984. Berkeley, California: University of California Ibnouf, Fatma
Women and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Women_and_agriculture_in_Sub-Saharan_Africa
British Colonial administrator
joined the Colonial Administrative Service in 1913. He was sent to Zomba District in Nyasaland as an assistant resident. While there he learned the Nyanja
Philip Mitchell (colonial administrator)
Philip_Mitchell_(colonial_administrator)
Scottish horticulturist in Central Africa
influential planter owning, with his brothers, extensive estates in Zomba District. He then achieved the highest position he could in the British administration
John Buchanan (horticulturalist)
John_Buchanan_(horticulturalist)
divided into 28 districts within three regions. As the primary administrative unit in the country, each district is headed by a District Commissioner: ISO
Districts_of_Malawi
Former company in Nyasaland
Central Africa Company in the Chingale area in the western part of Zomba District to convert it to land held by customary tenure and resettle Africans
British Central Africa Company
British_Central_Africa_Company
District of Malawi
The Thyolo district is one of the 28 districts in Malawi. The capital is Thyolo. The district covers an area of 1,715 km². and has a population of 458
Thyolo_District
Commission of inquiry in Nyasaland Protectorate
freehold land from the company in the Chingale area in the western part of Zomba District to convert it into land held by customary tenure and resettle Africans
Abrahams_Commission
Malawian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1957)
Kachebere, Mchinji District, Central Region, Malawi, after which he studied Theology at the Theological Seminary in Zomba, Zomba District, Southern Region
Martin_Anwel_Mtumbuka
Village in Southern Region, Malawi
is a small community near the city of Zomba in southern Malawi, in the Shire Highlands. It is part of the Zomba Thondwe Constituency and in the 2019 elections
Thondwe
District of Malawi
buildings. Prior to 1975, the capital was the much smaller southern city of Zomba. Lilongwe is located 1,050 metres (3,440 ft) above sea level and has a temperature
Lilongwe_District
District of Malawi
Machinga is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Machinga. The district covers an area of 3,771 km.² and has a population of 369
Machinga_District
Hospitals for the District Hospitals. Blantyre Central Hospital Kamuzu Central Hospital Mzuzu Central Hospital Zomba Central Hospital The district hospitals serve
List_of_hospitals_in_Malawi
Road in Malawi
The M3 road, also known partially as the Blantyre-Zomba road, is a road in Malawi. The road runs north-south through southern Malawi, beginning in Blantyre
M3_road_(Malawi)
District of Malawi
Karonga District is a district in the Northern Region of Malawi, situated along the north-eastern shoreline of Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa) and bordering Tanzania
Karonga_District
Place in Southern Region, Malawi
Domasi is a community in Malawi to the northeast of Zomba. It is the location of the Institute of Education, the Museum of Education, Domasi College of
Domasi
Government agency of Malawi
Prison of 1905 designated Zomba Prison Central and Fort Johnston (Mangochi) Prison for long-term offenders, while district headquarters prisons were for
Malawi_Prison_Service
District of Malawi
by Dedza. Traveling south, the road climbs up the Machinga escarpment to Zomba, the former colonial capital of Nyasaland, and from there to Malawi's commercial
Mangochi_District
British protectorate from 1893 to 1907
very substantial population increases in districts adjacent to Mozambique, especially Blantyre and Zomba districts, whose recorded populations more than
British Central Africa Protectorate
British_Central_Africa_Protectorate
tobacco ended around 1927, the company retained a single large estate in Zomba District where its tenants were encouraged to grow tobacco, and others where
Blantyre_and_East_Africa_Ltd
District in Northern Region, Malawi
Mzimba (formerly Kathibi, original Chitumbuka name) is a district in the Northern Region of Malawi. The capital is Mzimba and the biggest town is Mzuzu
Mzimba_District
District of Malawi
Chiradzulu is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Chiradzulu. The district covers an area of 761 km.² and has a population of 356
Chiradzulu_District
Mountain in Malawi
breath at Namadzi, an intriguing town by a river of the same name on the Zomba District border. From this vantage point, motorists can, on a clear day, look
Chiradzulu_Mountain
District of Malawi
Blantyre is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Blantyre, a commercial city where most Malawian industrial and business offices
Blantyre_District
Prison in Malawi, Africa
Zomba Central Prison is a referral national prison in Malawi. It is the biggest prison in Malawi. In January 2024, the prison was moved to Lilongwe. Zomba
Zomba_Central_Prison
installation of new chiefs. It is performed in Zomba, Chiradzulu, Thyolo, Mulanje, Mangochi and Blantyre Districts. Spectators would encourage the dancers who
Dances_of_the_Yao
District of Malawi
Balaka is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Balaka. The district covers an area of 2,140 km.² and has a population of 438,379
Balaka_District
District of Malawi
Chikwawa is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Chikwawa. The district covers an area of 4,755 km² and has a population of 356
Chikwawa_District
District of Malawi in Northern Region
Chitipa District is the northernmost district in the Northern Region of Malawi. The capital is Chitipa (formerly known as Fort Hill). The district covers
Chitipa_District
District of Malawi
Neno is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Neno. In 2018, Neno District had a population of 138,291. Neno District was created
Neno_District
District of Malawi
Mulanje is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. Its capital is Mulanje. The district covers an area of 2,056 km.² and has a population of 428
Mulanje_District
District of Malawi
Phalombe is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Phalombe. The district covers an area of 1,394 km.² and has a population of 231
Phalombe_District
District of Malawi
Kasungu is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The capital is Kasungu. The district covers an area of 7,878 km², borders Zambia and has a population
Kasungu_District
District of Malawi
Nsanje is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Nsanje. The district covers an area of 1,942 square kilometres (750 sq mi) and has
Nsanje_District
Spirit-possession healing dance of the Tumbuka people
people Soko, Boston (2014). Vimbuza: The Healing Dance of Northern Malawi. Zomba: Imabili Indigenous Knowledge Publications. pp. 5–7. ISBN 978-99908-0247-4
Vimbuza
Nkhotakota District MI19 Nsanje District MI20 Ntchisi District MI21 Rumphi District MI22 Salima District MI23 Zomba District MI24 Blantyre District MI25 Mwanza
List of FIPS region codes (M–O)
List_of_FIPS_region_codes_(M–O)
District of Malawi
Mchinji is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The capital is Mchinji. The district covers an area of 3,356 km2 (1,296 sq mi) and has a population
Mchinji_District
District of Malawi
Ntchisi is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The district covers an area of 1,655 km.² and has a population of 317,069. The capital is Ntchisi
Ntchisi_District
District of Malawi
Salima is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The city of Salima is the district's capital. The district covers an area of 2,196 km.² and has a
Salima_District
District of Malawi
Mwanza is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Mwanza. The district covers an area of 2,259 km² and has a population of 138,015
Mwanza_District
Districts of Hungary in Tolna
Nagymányok (2,289) Nagyvejke (169) Tevel (1,419) Váralja (883) Závod (287) Zomba (2,069) The bolded municipalities are cities. List of cities and towns in
Bonyhád_District
Malawian Roman Catholic prelate
prelate who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Zomba in Malawi. He was born on 14 July 1970 in Nambera, Lilongwe District, in the Central Region of Malawi. He attended
Alfred_Mateyu_Chaima
Malawian politician, diplomat (born 1944)
working as the District Commissioner for Thyolo District, Blantyre District, Lilongwe District, Rumphi District and Dedza District, Zomba District. In 1975
Percy_Kachipande
District of Malawi
Nkhata Bay is a district in the Northern Region of Malawi. The capital is Nkhata Bay. The district covers an area of 4,071 km² and has a population of
Nkhata_Bay_District
Scottish planter in Nyasaland (1868–1931)
Ross Stark went into business as tobacco planters at Songani, in the Zomba district; Stark had married Hynde's sister Margaret, and joined Hynde in Nyasaland
Robert_Spence_Hynde
Climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives in Malawi
trigger community-level responses. Malawian farmers in Salima and Zomba districts have adopted solar-powered irrigation pumps and fish-storage dams to
Climate_action_in_Malawi
District of Malawi
Dowa is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The capital is Dowa. The district covers an area of 3,041 km2. and has a population of 556, 678. The
Dowa_District
District of Malawi
Rumphi is a district in the Northern Region of Malawi. The capital is Rumphi. The district covers an area of 4,769 km.² and has a population of 128,360
Rumphi_District
District of Malawi
Dedza is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. It covers an area of 3,754 km.² to the south of the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, between Mozambique and
Dedza_District
District of Malawi
Ntcheu is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. It borders with the country of Mozambique. The district headquarters is Ntcheu, known as BOMA in
Ntcheu_District
District of Malawi
Nkhotakota is a district in the Central Region of Malawi. The capital is Nkhotakota. The district covers an area of 4,259 km² and has a population of
Nkhotakota_District
Indian musical duo
lyrics by Adhi. The album was lauded by critics. Naren Weiss, writing for Zomba, called it "nothing short of a masterpiece", while Venkatrangan R of Musicperk
Hiphop_Tamizha
District of Malawi
Likoma District is the least populous district of Malawi, which consists of two separate exclaves of Malawi situated within Mozambican waters in Lake
Likoma_District
Prison system in Malawi
the Malawi Prison Service, has 23 district prison stations, which are either first class or second class prisons. Zomba Central Prison built in 1935 is
Malawi_Prison_System
Malawian teacher, minister
parents until she was six and she then went to live in Thondwe in the Zomba District with her sister, Nesta. She attended Nankumba Primary School and Stella
Edina_Navaya
travel, tourism, insurance
ZOMBA DISTRICT
ZOMBA DISTRICT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the city in West Yorkshire, or the place in Kent. The former is of British origin, appearing in Bede in the form Loidis ‘People of the LÄt’, (LÄt being an earlier name of the river Aire, meaning ‘the violent one’). Loidis was originally a district name, but was subsequently restricted to the city. The Kentish place name may be from an Old English stream name hlÌ„de ‘loud, rushing stream’.Daniel Leeds (1652–1720) was born in England, probably in Nottinghamshire, and emigrated to America with his father, Thomas, some time in the third quarter of the 17th century. The family settled in Shrewsbury, NJ, in 1677. Daniel made almanacs and was surveyor general of the Province of West Jersey in 1682. He was married four times and had numerous children.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the cathedral city on an island in the fens north of Cambridge. It is so named from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + gē ‘district’.Probably also an Americanized form of German Eley.Nathaniel Ely was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse and Middle English personal name Ing(a), a short form of various names with the first element Ing- (see Ingle).English : habitational name from an Essex place name, Ing, which survives with various manorial affixes in the names Fryerning, Ingatestone, Ingrave, and Margaretting, and which is probably from an Old English tribal name Gēingas ‘people of the district’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname from Yiddish ing ‘young’.Chinese : possibly a variant of Wu 1.Chinese : possibly a variant of Wu 4.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places named in Old English as ‘long ford’, from lang, long ‘long’ + ford ‘ford’, except for Langford in Nottinghamshire, which is named with an Old English personal name Landa or possibly land, here used in a specific sense such as ‘boundary’ or ‘district’, with the same second element.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the coastal district of eastern Yorkshire (now Humberside), the origin of which is probably Old Norse hǫldr, within the Danelaw (the region of pre-conquest England where Danish rule and custom was dominant) a rank of feudal nobility immediately below that of earl, + nes ‘nose’, ‘headland’.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : regional name for someone from the district of France of this name, which is of unexplained origin.French : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with wid ‘leader’.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Dutch, and French
English, Scottish, Dutch, and French : variant of Henry 1. In Scotland this surname is common in the Ayr and Fife districts; in northern Ireland it is usually from the Scottish variant Hendrie, though some examples of the name were originally as at Henry 3.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the district so called near Liverpool, consisting of Uplitherland and Downlitherland. The place name is derived from Old Norse hlÃðar, genitive of hlÃð ‘slope’ + land ‘land’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire, named in Old English as ‘homestead at a (district) boundary’, from mearc ‘boundary’ + hÄm ‘homestead’.Irish : English surname used as an equivalent of Gaelic Ó Marcacháin ‘descendant of Marcachán’, a diminutive of Marcach (see Markey). This is a Galway surname, which is sometimes ‘translated’ as Ryder.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the southern English county so called, which derives its name from Hampton (i.e. the port of Southampton) + Old English scīr ‘division’, ‘district’.English : regional name from the area of Hallamshire in southern Yorkshire, named from Hallam + Middle English schir ‘division’, ‘administrative region’ (Old English scīr). The surname is most common in Yorkshire, where this second derivation is most likely to be the source.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name from Middle English lees ‘fields’, ‘arable land’, plural of lee (see Lee), or from Middle English lese ‘pasture’, ‘meadow’ (Old English lǣs).English : habitational name from Leece or Lees in Lancashire, or Leese in Cheshire, all named from Old English lēas ‘woodland clearings’ (plural of lēah), or from Leece in Cumbria, which was probably named with a Celtic word, lïss ‘hall’, ‘court’, ‘the principal house in a district’.English : variant spelling of Leece 1.Scottish : reduced form of Gillies.Scottish and Irish : reduced and altered form of McLeish.Dutch : variant of Leys.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from Latin Marcus, the personal name of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. The name was borne also by a number of other early Christian saints. Marcus was an old Roman name, of uncertain (possibly non-Italic) etymology; it may have some connection with the name of the war god Mars. Compare Martin. The personal name was not as popular in England in the Middle Ages as it was on the Continent, especially in Italy, where the evangelist became the patron of Venice and the Venetian Republic, and was allegedly buried at Aquileia. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognate and similar names from other European languages, including Greek Markos and Slavic Marek.English, German, and Dutch (van der Mark) : topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Middle English merke, Middle High German marc, Middle Dutch marke, merke, all meaning ‘borderland’. The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker 5) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Marck, Pas-de-Calais.German : from Marko, a short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names formed with mark ‘borderland’ as the first element, for example Markwardt.Americanization or shortened form of any of several like-sounding Jewish or Slavic surnames (see for example Markow, Markowitz, Markovich).Irish (northeastern Ulster) : probably a short form of Markey (when not of English origin).
Biblical
station;
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and East Midlands)
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and East Midlands) : regional name from the district in southern Yorkshire around Sheffield and Ecclesfield called Hallam, or a habitational name from a place of this name in Derbyshire. The Derbyshire name is from Old English halum, dative plural of halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’ (see Hale 1). The Yorkshire district, sometimes called Hallamshire, is possibly of the same derivation or alternatively from hallum, dative plural of Old English hall ‘stone’, ‘rock’, Old Norse hallr.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in Cheshire and West Yorkshire, called Ledsham. The first is named with the Old English personal name LÄ“ofede + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’ and the second is recorded in Domesday Book as Ledesham ‘homestead within the district of Leeds’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the district on the south coast of Cumbria (formerly in Lancashire), earlier Fuðarnes, so named from the genitive case (Fuðar) of Old Norse Fuð, meaning ‘rump’, the name of the peninsula, formerly of an island opposite the southern part of this district + Old Norse nes ‘headland’, ‘nose’.Norwegian : habitational name from any of various farms, particularly in Møre og Romsdal, named Furnes, from Old Norse fura ‘pine’ + nes ‘headland’.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : regional name for someone from the district north of Paris known in Old French as Gohiere.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France called Gouy (from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gaudius + the locative suffix -acum), with the addition of the Anglo-Norman French suffix -er.English : from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder.Welsh : from the peninsula in southern Wales, of which the Welsh name is Gŵyr.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gauer.
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Americanized spelling of the French topographic name Garrigue (see Garrigues).Scottish
Americanized spelling of the French topographic name Garrigue (see Garrigues).Scottish : variant of Garioch, a habitational name from the district in Aberdeenshire so named.English : habitational name from Garwick in Lincolnshire, named from an Old English personal name Gǣra + Old English wīc ‘(dairy) farm’.The name is closely associated with the Huguenots. The English actor-manager David Garrick (1717–79) was the grandson of David de la Garrique, who fled Bordeaux in 1685, changing his family name to Garric on arrival in England. Other Garricks (Garicks) were in SC in the 1820s.
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English : habitational name from any of ten or more minor places known as ‘the king’s land’, such as Kingsland in South Molton, Devon, or Kingsland in Hackney, Greater London (formerly Middlesex), both named from Middle English kingis ‘of the king’+ land ‘land’.English : habitational name from Kingsland in Herefordshire near Leominster, which is named as ‘the king’s estate in Leon’. Leon is the old Celtic name for the district, meaning ‘at the streams’.
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English and Scottish (Aberdeen) : regional name from a district in Lancashire called The Fylde, from Old English (ge)filde ‘plain’.
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The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.
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The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.
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The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.
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The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.
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A district or a subvision of a vilayet.
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An exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district.
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Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.
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The district or territory of a town.
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of District
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A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year.
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Villages; a district of villages.
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A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.
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A white wine made in the district of Sauterne, France.
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of District
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To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
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A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.
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A district in charge of an excise officer.
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Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect.
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In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds.
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