Bath

From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɑːθ/
• (South West England) IPA^(key): /bæːθ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /bæθ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bæθ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːθ, -æːθ, -æθ
• Homophone: bath

Bath

1. A city in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England, famous for its baths fed by a hot spring.
2. A village in the Netherlands.
3. A village in New Brunswick, Canada.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A former settlement in Placer County, California.
   2. An unincorporated community in Richmond County, Georgia.
   3. A village and township in Mason County, Illinois.
   4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Franklin County, Indiana.
   5. A township in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
   6. An unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky.
   7. A city, the county seat of Sagadahoc County, Maine; named for the city in England.
   8. A township and census-designated place therein, in Clinton County, Michigan.
   9. A township in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
   10. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.
   11. A town and village, the county seat of Steuben County, New York.
   12. A town in Beaufort County, North Carolina.
   13. A township in Allen County, Ohio.
   14. A township in Greene County, Ohio.
   15. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Summit County, Ohio.
   16. A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania; named for the city in England.
   17. An unincorporated community in Aiken County, South Carolina.
   18. A census-designated place and township in Brown County, South Dakota.
   19. A town in Morgan County, West Virginia (the official name).

       Synonym: Berkeley Springs

5. A locality in Saint John parish, Barbados.
6. A town and mineral spring in Saint Thomas parish, Jamaica; named for the city in England.
7. An English marquisate.
8. A surname.

Nonstandard transliteration of Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ, “resurrection”).

• IPA^(key): /bæθ/, /bɑːθ/
• Rhymes: -æθ, -ɑːθ
• Homophone: bath

Bath

1. Uncommon form of Baath.

• Bathism
• Bathist
• debathification

• BTHA, Bhat, baht

First attested as insula de boestenbare dicta in 1235. Derived from Middle Dutch bat (“bathwater”). Originally a hydronym.

See also Zealandic Bat.

• IPA^(key): /bɑt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bath
• Rhymes: -ɑt
• Homophone: bad

Bath n

1. a village and former municipality of Reimerswaal, Zeeland, Netherlands

• Fort Bath
• Rilland en Bath
• Rilland-Bath

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Bath”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN