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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.
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Bath
- A city in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England, famous for its baths fed by a hot spring.
- A village in the Netherlands.
- A village in New Brunswick, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A village in Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Sagadahoc County, Maine; named for the city in England.
- A town in New Hampshire; named for William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.
- A town and village, the county seat of Steuben County, New York.
- A town in North Carolina.
- A town in Ohio.
- A borough in Pennsylvania; named for the city in England.
- A locality in Saint John parish, Barbados.
- A town and mineral spring in Saint Thomas parish, Jamaica; named for the city in England.
- An English marquisate.
- A surname.
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City in England
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Etymology 2
Nonstandard transliteration of Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ, “resurrection”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bath
- Uncommon form of Baath.
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as insula de boestenbare dicta in 1235. Derived from Middle Dutch bat (“bathwater”). Originally a hydronym.
See also Zealandic Bat.
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Proper noun
Bath n
- a village and former municipality of Reimerswaal, Zeeland, Netherlands
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References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Bath”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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