Wadsworth

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/ˈwɒdzwə(ɹ)θ//ˈwɒdzwɜː(ɹ)θ/

proper noun

A civil parish in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England.

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Meanings

proper nounWadsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wadsworths)

plural Wadsworths · alternative Wordsworth

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA civil parish in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England.
    2. countableuncountableA village in Lake County, Illinois.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
    4. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada.
    5. countableuncountableA city and township in Medina County, Ohio, named after Elijah Wadsworth.

      Last year, having turned up to protest a drag story time event in Wadsworth, Ohio, where white supremacists gave Nazi salutes and shouted “Sieg heil”, the organization allegedly set up a chapter in the state.

      2024 September 14, Stephen Starr, “Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up”, in The Guardian
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Matagorda County, Texas.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
  3. countablerareuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

Origin

From the Old English personal name Wæddi + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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