Meanings
alternative Whitfield
- A surname.
Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?”
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC - A number of places in England:
- A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8006).
- A suburb of Nelson, Pendle district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8537).
- A hamlet in Wiveliscombe parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district before that (OS grid ref ST0729).
- A neighbourhood of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Bureau County and Marshall County, Illinois.
- A township in Marshall County, Illinois.
- A town in Lincoln County, Maine, named after George Whitefield.
- A township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, named after Edwin Whitefield.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Coos County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, also named after George Whitefield.
Translations
Hindi वाइटफ़ील्ड
- वाइटफ़ील्ड (vāiṭfīlḍ)a neighbourhood of Bangalore, India
Cite this entry
Whitefield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Whitefield
“Whitefield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Whitefield. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Whitefield,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Whitefield.
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