Foxhall

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proper noun

A townland west of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.

OriginOld English foxhol →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A townland west of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.

    Soon we were climbing through New Mills and Foxhall, both of which are closed entirely, their buildings doing their bit to ease the housing problem, and Kilmacrenan was reached at four o'clock.

    1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 355
  2. A hamlet in Farleigh Wallop parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6146).
  3. A civil parish (served by Brightwell, Foxhall and Purdis Farm Joint Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, east of Ipswich, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district.
  4. A hamlet in Kirkliston parish, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland, traditionally in West Lothian (OS grid ref NT1374).
  5. A hamlet in Llangwm community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9808).
  6. A neighbourhood in north-western Washington, D.C., United States.

Origin

  1. Old Englishfoxhol“foxhole”
  2. EnglishFoxhall

The Suffolk place-name is from Old English foxhol (“foxhole”). The Kirkliston place-name is a calque from Cumbric (compare Carlowrie).

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APA

Foxhall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foxhall

MLA

“Foxhall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foxhall. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Foxhall,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Foxhall.

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