Davenport

davenport English Alternative forms Irish surname en Devenport Etymology As an English surname, from en enm Devennport, named after the River Dane + ang port. The first element is from en cy dafn trickle, drop, ultimately from en ine-pro *dʰewh₂- mist, haze. As an Irish surname, from ga Ó Donndubhartaigh descendant of Donndubhartach, which is from ga donn brown + ga dubh black + ga artach nobleman; see ga airigh. Pronunciation en /ˈdævənpɔːt/ RP Proper noun ~ s en en habitational Old English from the town in Cheshire. en Irish of en ga - origin from the Gaelic ga Ó Donndubhartaigh. en Anglo-Norman of en xno - origin: de avesne port, where avesne is derived from en frk - avisna ("field" see:de Wiese). A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world: en place cc/England: en hamlet par/Brereton uauth/Cheshire East co/Cheshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ8065. List of United Kingdom locations: Dan-Ddu#Dat-Daz en suburb town/Stockport co/Greater Manchester cc/England, historically in en Cheshire OS grid ref SJ8988. en neighbourhood city/Toronto p/Ontario c/Canada. en number of places c/USA: en CDP co/Santa Cruz County s/California. en city co/Polk County s/Florida. en city/county seat co/Scott County s/Iowa. TopoZone: Davenport, Iowa en village co/Thayer County s/Nebraska. en town co/Delaware County s/New York. en minor city co/Cass County s/North Dakota. en town co/Lincoln County s/Oklahoma. en ucomm co/Buchanan County s/Virginia. en small city/county seat co/Lincoln County s/Washington. en place c/Australia: en locality r:Suf/Barkly terr/Northern Territory. en suburb town/Port Augusta s/South Australia. en suburb town/Bunbury s/Western Australia. Derived terms en Davenport Green davenport References Anagrams en adenoprtv provanted