Verulam

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proper noun

Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans.

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VerulamiumTownship of VerulamVerulam Township
OriginLatin Verulamia →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. UKBaron Verulam, Viscount St Albans.
    1. UKFrancis Bacon (1561–1626), 1st Baron Verulam.

      Plato the wise, and large-brow'd Verulam, / The first of those who know.

      1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Palace of Art”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 146
  2. a placename
    1. UKSynonym of Verulamium (“ancient Roman town”). A town in Britannia, Roman Empire; near the modern city of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

      Synonyms: Verulamium

    2. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
    3. A former township in Ontario, Canada, now the single-tier municipality of Kawartha Lakes.

      Synonyms: Township of Verulam, Verulam Township

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Verulamium (“ancient Roman town”). A town in Britannia, Roman Empire; near the modern city of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

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Verulamium

proper nounA former township in Ontario, Canada, now the single-tier municipality of Kawartha Lakes.

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Township of VerulamVerulam Township

Origin

  1. LatinVerulamia
  2. EnglishVerulam

Latin Verulamia, being the name of the Roman settlement on the same site.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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