Winchester

Meanings

Proper Noun

• city in and the county town of Hampshire (county) England (constituent country).
• Any of the towns named after it, including:

Noun

• A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.
• A bottle holding a Winchester quart.
• A hard disk.

Origin

• From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeastre, from Latin Venta Belgārum, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā ("town, place"), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- ("place (?)") + Old English ċeastre, from Latin castra ("camp").
• The rifle is , for the hard disk see Winchester disk.