Wentworth

English

Etymology

From either the Old English byname Wintra, or Old English winter (“winter”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Wentworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wentworths)

1. Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A village in Newton County, Missouri.
      2. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
      3. A town, the county seat of Rockingham County, North Carolina.
      4. A village in Lake County, South Dakota.
   2. Places in Canada:
      1. A community in south-west Calgary, Alberta.
      2. A rural community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
      3. A township municipality in the Laurentides, Quebec.
   3. A small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4878).
   4. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3898).
   5. A suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
   6. A town in Wentworth Shire, south-west New South Wales, Australia, on the border with Victoria.
   7. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2. The Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey, England.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.