St Ives

/sənt ˈaɪvz/

proper noun

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).

OriginOld English *īfet →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).
  2. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, historically in the County of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL3172).
  3. A village in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU1204).
  4. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Origin

  1. Old English*īfet
  2. EnglishSt Ives

* Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint. * Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here. * Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives. * New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.

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APA

St Ives. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/St%20Ives

MLA

“St Ives.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/St%20Ives. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “St Ives,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/St%20Ives.

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