Windermere

W4I1N1D2E1R1M3E1R1E1

proper noun

A lake in Cumbria, England, formerly divided between Lancashire and Westmorland.

OriginOld English mere →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A lake in Cumbria, England, formerly divided between Lancashire and Westmorland.
  2. A town near this lake in Windermere and Bowness parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4198).
  3. A town in Orange County, Florida, United States.
  4. A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A rural locality in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
  6. A locality in the City of Launceston, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  7. A locality in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.
  8. A rural locality north-east of Hinds, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Origin

  1. Old Englishmere“lake, pond”
  2. EnglishWindermere

"Winand's lake", from Continental Germanic personal name Wînand + Old Norse genitive singular ending -ar + Old English mere (“lake, pond”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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