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Enfield¹

  • /ˈɛnfiːld/ UK

Where it comes from

From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (“lamb”) + feld (“field”).

proper noun

  1. A town and London borough in Greater London.
  2. A suburban area in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, south of Clayton-le-Moors (OS grid ref SD7530).
  3. A district of the town of Redditch, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0368).
  4. A town in County Meath, Ireland; name adapted from Innfield (after an inn in the area) after the town in England.
  5. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; named for the town in England.
  6. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.
  7. A rural locality in Victoria, Australia.
  8. A suburban community in Nova Scotia, Canada; named for the town in Connecticut.
  9. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut; named for the town in England.
  10. A village in White County, Illinois.
  11. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
  12. A submerged ghost town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts; named for early settler Robert Field.
  13. A town, village, and census-designated place in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for the town in Connecticut.
  14. A town in Tompkins County, New York.
  15. A town in Halifax County, North Carolina.
  16. An English habitational surname from Old English.

noun Enfields

  1. An Enfield revolver, a British handgun manufactured at the government-owned Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield. Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra.

enfield²

Where it comes from

Possibly a corruption of Irish onchú, denoting a mythical water beast.

noun enfields

  1. A heraldic beast 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. Tradition relates, that the O'Kelly crest of “the Enfield” originated at this time, from the circumstance of this animal having issued from the sea, to protect the body of Tadhg from the Danes, 'till rescued by his followers.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: martini, enfield lock, newtown, fairfield, edmonton, willington, eastgate, lower edmonton, newington, whitefield, highfields, wingfield, hatfield, forty hill, ealing, donnington

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name town in Ireland

中文恩菲爾德 /恩菲尔德 Ēnfēi'ěrdé

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@misc{enfield_2026,
  title = {enfield},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/enfield},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}