Butterworth

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English butere (“butter”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

The city in Malaysia is named after William John Butterworth, Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843 to 1855.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌtə(ɹ)ˌwɜː(ɹ)θ/
• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /ˈbatəwɔt/

Proper noun

Butterworth (countable and uncountable, plural Butterworths)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A ghost town in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States.
4. A city in Penang, Malaysia.

Derived terms

• Butterworth filter

Translations

town in Malaysia

• Chinese:

  Chinese: 北海 (zh) (Běihǎi)

• Malay: Butterworth
• Marathi: बटरवर्थ (baṭarvartha)
• Tamil: பட்டர்வொர்த் (paṭṭarvort)

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Butterworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 262.

Malay

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Butterworth, after William John Butterworth.

Pronunciation

• (Johor) IPA^(key): /batˈtə(r)wo(r)t/ [bat̪ˈt̪ə(r).wo(r)t̪]}

• (Penang, Baku) IPA^(key): /batˈtərwort/ [bat̪ˈt̪ər.wort̪]

Proper noun

Butterworth (Jawi spelling بتتروورث)

1. Butterworth (a city in Penang, Malaysia)