rutland
IPA: rˈʌtɫʌnd
Root Word: Rutland
noun
- A small landlocked county in the East Midlands of England.
- An English habitational surname from the county in England.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city, the county seat of Rutland County, Vermont; named for English nobleman John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland.
- A village in Illinois; named for the city in Vermont.
- An unincorporated community in Indiana.
- A city in Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
- An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
- A town in Massachusetts.
- A town in New York.
- A city in North Dakota.
- A village in Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in South Dakota.
- A town in Wisconsin.
- A neighborhood of Kelowna, British Columbia; named for early settler John "Hope" Matthew Rutland.
- A ghost town in Saskatchewan.
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Examples of "rutland" in Sentences
- Rutland is about above sea level.
- Schools located in the county of Rutland.
- The village is very close to the Rutland boundary.
- For a time he was the curate at Uppingham in Rutland.
- In 1866 he became a selectman of the town of Rutland.
- Rutland meddles in the young couple's romantic troubles.
- Breweries in Leicestershire and Rutland are listed on the website.
- Rutland is the highest town between the Berkshires and the Atlantic.
- In time, they were conciliated by the Duke of Rutland's administration.
- Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland.