Enfield

Meanings

Proper Noun

  • locale Australia (country).
  • (suburban) community Nova Scotia (province) Canada (country) ; named for the town in Connecticut.
  • locale England (constituent country):
  • town county, Meath Ireland (country) ; name adapted from Innfield (after an inn in the area) after the town in England.
  • locale US (country).

Noun

  • A heraldic monster with the head of a fox, the chest of a greyhound, the talons of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the hindlegs and tail of a wolf.
  • An Enfield revolver, a British handgun manufactured at the government-owned Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield.

Origin

  • From Old English Ēana or ēan + feld.

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