Wimbledon

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/ˈwɪmbəldən/

proper noun

A suburban town and the principal business area in the borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2470).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A suburban town and the principal business area in the borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2470).
  2. A minor city in Pierce Township, Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.
  3. A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A rural locality in Tararua district, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
  5. hobbiesThe Wimbledon Championships, a prestigious tennis tournament.

    An incredible 28 thousand kilograms of strawberries are eaten at Wimbledon every year...

    2013, Jack Goldstein, Frankie Taylor, 101 Amazing Facts about Wimbledon, unnumbered page
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    Norman Brookes was the first Australian to win the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1907 - making him the first male outside Britain to win the Championships and the first of 12 Australian men to take the title.

    2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, page 81

    In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!

    2008, Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo, Pete Sampras: A Champion's Mind, published 2010, unnumbered page

    The most famous female tennis player of all time, Navratilova powered through 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record nine Wimbledon singles victories, and 31 doubles titles.

    2011 March 8, Homa Khaleeli, “Martina Navratilova”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2017

    Synonyms: SW19

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe Wimbledon Championships, a prestigious tennis tournament.

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SW19

Origin

From an Old English name (probably *Wynnmann, or alternatively *Wynebeald) + dūn (“hill”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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