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highgate¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English hiȝe gate, heiȝe gate, heie gate, equivalent to high + gate (“a way, a road, a path”).

noun highgates · he-gate · heigait

  1. UK, dialectal A highway.

Highgate²

  • /hʌɪɡeɪt/ UK
  • /hʌɪɡʊt/ UK, rare

Where it comes from

From Old English hēah (“high”) + ġeat (“gate”).

proper noun Highgates · Heygate

  1. countable, uncountable An upper-class suburb of London in the borough of Haringey, borough of Camden and borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2887).
  2. countable, uncountable A village in Hawkhurst parish, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7630).
  3. countable, uncountable An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0785).
  4. countable, uncountable A village in Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0197).
  5. countable, uncountable A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  6. countable, uncountable A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
  7. countable, uncountable A settlement on the north coast of Jamaica.
  8. countable, uncountable A town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States.
  9. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{highgate_2026,
  title = {highgate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/highgate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}