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Wimbledon

wimb·le·don

UK/ˈwɪmbəldən/ US/ˈwɪmbʌldʌn/ uncommon

noun

1.

a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts

Origin

From an Old English name (probably *Wynnmann, or alternatively *Wynebeald) + dūn (“hill”).

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