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Hartland

  • /ˈhɑː(ɹ)t.lənd/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tlənd

Where it comes from

From Old English heorot (“hart”) + land (“land”), because the village in Devon is situated on a peninsula whose form resembles a hart.

The town in New Brunswick is named after surveyor James R. Hartley (1833 - 1868).

proper noun Hartlands

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS2524).
  2. countable, uncountable A town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  3. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
  4. countable, uncountable A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
  5. countable, uncountable A township in Kearny County, Kansas.
  6. countable, uncountable A town in Somerset County, Maine.
  7. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Livingston County, Michigan.
  8. countable, uncountable A city in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
  9. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Ward County, North Dakota.
  10. countable, uncountable A town in Niagara County, New York.
  11. countable, uncountable A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
  12. countable, uncountable A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
  13. countable, uncountable A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
  14. countable, uncountable A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
  15. countable, uncountable A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Hartland Township.
  16. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Hartland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hartland. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Hartland. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hartland

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"Hartland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hartland.

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@misc{hartland_2026,
  title = {Hartland},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hartland},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}