Wimbledon

English

Etymology

From an Old English name (probably Wynnmann, or alternatively Wynebeald) + dūn (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪmbəldən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Wimbledon

1. A suburban town and the principal business area in the borough of Merton, Greater London.
2. (tennis) The Wimbledon Championships, a prestigious tennis tournament.

   Synonym: SW19

   • 2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, page 81:

     Norman Brookes was the first Australian to win the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1907 - making him the first male outside Britain to win the Championships and the first of 12 Australian men to take the title.

   • 2008, Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo, Pete Sampras: A Champion's Mind, published 2010, unnumbered page:

     In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!

   • 2013, Jack Goldstein, Frankie Taylor, 101 Amazing Facts about Wimbledon, unnumbered page:

     An incredible 28 thousand kilograms of strawberries are eaten at Wimbledon every year...

Derived terms

• Wimbledon Common

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Wimbledon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwim.bɛl.dɔn/
• Rhymes: -imbɛldɔn
• Syllabification: Wim‧ble‧don

Proper noun

Wimbledon m

1. Wimbledon (all meanings)

Declension

Declension of Wimbledon

	singular	plural
nominative	Wimbledon	Wimbledony
genitive	Wimbledonu	Wimbledonów
dative	Wimbledonowi	Wimbledonom
accusative	Wimbledon	Wimbledony
instrumental	Wimbledonem	Wimbledonami
locative	Wimbledonie	Wimbledonach
vocative	Wimbledonie	Wimbledony

Further reading

• Wimbledon in Polish dictionaries at PWN