Blenheim

B3L1E1N1H4E1I1M3
/ˈblɛnəm/

proper noun

A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.
  2. A former township merged into Blandford-Blenheim township, Oxford County, Ontario.
  3. A town in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, the largest in the region.
  4. A place in England:
    1. A civil parish (without a council) west of Woodstock, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire.
    2. A suburban area in Garsington parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5702).
  5. A place in the United States:
nounBlenheim (plural Blenheims)

plural Blenheims

  1. A colour variation of two toy spaniel breeds, chestnut brown with pearl white markings.

    ....—a large cashmere shawl, with its border of roses, thrown carelessly on a chair—a crimson cushion, where lay sleeping a Blenheim dog, almost small enough to have passed through the royal ring in that most fairy tale of the White Cat:—all bespoke a lady's room.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 287

Origin

The house was named to commemorate the Allied victory at the 1704 Battle of Blindheim (near Höchstädt an der Donau in Bavaria). Other places are named after the house, often with an association to the Duchy of Marlborough.

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APA

Blenheim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blenheim

MLA

“Blenheim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blenheim. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Blenheim,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blenheim.

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