Highgate

See also: highgate

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Heygate

Etymology

From Old English hēah (“high”) + ġeat (“gate”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hʌɪɡeɪt/, (rare) /hʌɪɡʊt/

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Proper noun

Highgate (countable and uncountable, plural Highgates)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. An upper-class suburb of London, in the borough of Haringey, borough of Camden and borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2887).
   2. A village in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7630).
   3. An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0785).
   4. A village in Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0197).
   5. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
   6. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
   7. A settlement on the north coast of Jamaica.
   8. A town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Highgate is the 39547^th most common surname in England, belonging to 80 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Highgate”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176.
• Forebears