Hampstead

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /hæmpstɛd/
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Etymology 1

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From Old English hām (homestead) + stede (place). Doublet of Hempstead.

Proper noun

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Hampstead

  1. An affluent suburban area in the borough of Camden, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2685).
  2. A village in Dominica.
  3. A town in Maryland.
  4. A town in New Hampshire.
  5. A census-designated place in North Carolina.
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Etymology 2

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From Hampstead Heath.

Noun

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Hampstead (plural Hampsteads)

  1. shortened form of Hampstead Heath: teeth (Cockney rhyming slang).
    That geezer knocked out his bloody Hampsteads, he did!

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