St Ives

短语

发音

/sənt ˈaɪvz/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).

  2. 2.

    A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, historically in the County of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL3172).

  3. 3.

    A village in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU1204).

  4. 4.

    A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

词源

* Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint. * Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here. * Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives. * New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.

来源：wiktionary