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garland¹
- /ˈɡɑː.lənd/ UK
- /ˈɡɑɹ.lənd/ Canada, US
- /ˈɡaː.lənd/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Middle English garland, garlaunde, gerland, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierlōn, *wieralōn, a frequentative form of Frankish *wierōn (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz.
Akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), Old High German wiara (“gold thread”). More at wire.
noun garlands
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration. Bestow a Garland only on a Bier
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- The crown of a monarch. [She] ioyfully receyued and welcommed mee, as the onely type and garland of her noble ſtirpe and linage, […]
- A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology. They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.
- The top; the thing most prized. And call him noble that was now your hate, / Him vile that was your garland.
- A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
verb garlands · garlanding · garlanded
- To deck or ornament something with a garland. Anand disembarks like a statesman from the Volkswagen to be garlanded immediately by five different women.
- To form something into a garland.
Garland²
Where it comes from
English surname, from the noun garland. Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (“triangular piece of land”) + land.
proper noun Garlands
- A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands. U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A town in Miller County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas.
- A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
- An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
- A village in Seward County, Nebraska.
- A town in Sampson County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Miami County, Ohio.
- A city mostly in Dallas County, Texas.
- A city in Box Elder County, Utah.
- A census-designated place in Park County, Wyoming.
- A locality in the Blayney council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: chaplet, coronal, wreath, miscellany, florilegium, lei, anadem, thomson, festoon, coronet, crown, strand, string, ornament, loop, circlet
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noun wreath of flowers
| Español | guirnalda, guirlanda |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 花環 /花环 huāhuán |
| हिन्दी | माला mālā |
| Português | grinalda |
| Français | guirlande |
| Deutsch | Girlande |
| Ελληνικά | γιρλάντα girlánta |
| Русский | гирля́нда girljánda, вено́к venók, вене́ц venéc |
| עברית | זר zer, שזירה shezirá |
noun accolade, mark of honour
| Español | galardón, marco de honor |
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Talk about this word "garland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/garland. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. garland. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/garland "garland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/garland.Cite this
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title = {garland},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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