Harwich

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæɹɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈhæɹɪd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -æɹɪdʒ

Proper noun

Harwich

1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2632).
   • 1951 November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:

     In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.

   • 2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books:

     The port of Harwich is where England bares her rump to the continent.

2. A town on Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.