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Westminster

  • /ˈwɛs(t)ˌmɪnstə/ UK
  • /ˈwɛstˌmɪnstɚ/ US

Where it comes from

From the abbey of Westminster; from Middle English Westmynster, from Old English Westmynster; equivalent to west + minster.

proper noun

  1. The abbey of Westminster.
  2. The City of Westminster: a London borough of Greater London including the principal offices of the British government. In the borough of Westminster, which has the highest rate of phone theft of any London borough, 672 phone thefts and robberies were recorded last month, the equivalent of around 21 a day.
  3. A neighbourhood in central London; the administrative centre of the borough of Westminster.
  4. The Palace of Westminster
  5. colloquial, metonymically The British parliament, based at the Palace of Westminster. Meanwhile, back in Eastleigh, away from the filibustering in Westminster, Chris Huhne was able to concentrate on constituency business.
  6. A northern suburb of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4076).
  7. A city in Orange County, California.
  8. A city in Adams County and Jefferson County, Colorado.
  9. A census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
  10. A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Maryland.
  11. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  12. A ghost town in Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
  13. An unincorporated community in Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio.
  14. A city in Oconee County, South Carolina.
  15. An unincorporated community and census-designated place, formerly a city in Collin County, Texas.
  16. A town and village in Windham County, Vermont.
  17. A community in Alfred and Plantagenet township, eastern Ontario, Canada.
  18. A neighbourhood, formerly a town, now within the City of London, Ontario.
  19. A village in the Free State province, South Africa, founded by the Duke of Westminster.
  20. A suburb of Perth in the City of Stirling, Western Australia.
  21. An English dukedom.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: abbey, british, lords, parliament, commons, government, whitehall, legislature, westminster abbey, westminster cathedral, minster, abbotsford, westminster village, abbotswood, abbot's priory, waltham abbey

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name London borough of Greater London

中文威斯敏斯特 Wēisīmǐnsītè, 西敏 Xīmǐn
FrançaisOuestmoutiers
РусскийВестминстер Vestminster, Уэстминстер Uestminster
Tiếng ViệtWestminster, Oét-min-tơ

name Palace of Westminster

Tiếng ViệtĐiện Westminster, Điện Oét-min-tơ

name city in Orange County, California

Tiếng ViệtWestminster, Oét-min-tơ

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Chicago

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@misc{westminster_2026,
  title = {Westminster},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/westminster},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}