Sunderland

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Northern England/ˈsʊndələnd/UK, Southern England/ˈsʌndələnd/US/ˈsʌndɚlənd/

proper noun

A city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A place in England:
    1. A city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear.

      “I think my celebration says it all,” Watson, who is leaving Sunderland to join Brighton, told broadcaster Sky Sports.

      2025 May 24, Issy Ronald, “Sunderland secures promotion to Premier League after winning ‘most valuable match’ in soccer with injury-time winner”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 May 2025
    2. A hamlet in Blindcrake parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale district (OS grid ref NY1735).
    3. A small coastal village in Overton parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4256).
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland.
    2. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, named after Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland.
    3. A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
    4. A town in Bennington County, Vermont.

      The town will not seek to purchase the former Sunderland Elementary School building and the more than nine acres of property it sits on from the Taconic & Green Regional School District.

      2026 June 25, Andrew McKeever, “Sunderland to pass on buying former school”, in Bennington Banner, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026
  3. A community in Brock township, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A surname.

Origin

From sunder + -land (see Wikipedia article for further etymological information).

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Translations

Arabic سندرلاند
  • سندرلاند (sindirland)city
Bengali সান্ডারল্যান্ড
  • সান্ডারল্যান্ড (Sānḍāralyānḍa)city
Chinese Mandarin 森德蘭 /森德兰
  • 森德蘭 /森德兰 (Sēndélán)city
Greek Σάντερλαντ
  • Σάντερλαντ (Sánterlant)city
Hindi सुंदरलैंड
  • सुंदरलैंड (Sundaralaind)city
Japanese サンダーランド
  • サンダーランド (Sandārando)city
Korean 선덜랜드
  • 선덜랜드 (Seondeollaendeu)city
Latvian Sanderlenda
  • Sanderlendacity
Lithuanian Sanderlandas
  • Sanderlandascity
Russian Са́ндерленд
  • Са́ндерленд (Sándɛrlend)city
Thai ซันเดอร์แลนด์
  • ซันเดอร์แลนด์city
Cite this entry
APA

Sunderland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunderland

MLA

“Sunderland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunderland. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sunderland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunderland.

Source: Sunderland on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.