Enfield

See also: enfield

English

Etymology

From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (“lamb”) + feld (“field”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnfiːld/

Proper noun

Enfield

1. A locale in England:
   1. A town and London borough in Greater London.
   2. A suburban area in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, south of Clayton-le-Moors (OS grid ref SD7530).
   3. A district of the town of Redditch, Worcestershire.
2. A town in County Meath, Ireland; name adapted from Innfield (after an inn in the area) after the town in England.
3. A locale in Australia.
   1. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; named for the town in England.
   2. A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.
   3. A rural locality in Victoria, Australia.
4. A suburban community of Nova Scotia, Canada; named for the town in Connecticut.
5. A locale in the United States.
   1. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut; named for the town in England.
   2. A village in White County, Illinois.
   3. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
   4. A submerged ghost town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts; named for early settler Robert Field.
   5. A town, village, and census-designated place in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for the town in Connecticut.
   6. A town in Tompkins County, New York.
   7. A town in Halifax County, North Carolina.
6. An English habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Bren gun
• Enfield Lock
• Lee-Enfield

Translations

town in Ireland

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恩菲爾德／恩菲尔德 (Ēnfēi'ěrdé)

• Irish: An Bóthar Buí

Noun

Enfield (plural Enfields)

1. An Enfield revolver, a British handgun manufactured at the government-owned Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield.
   • 1997 December 23, Marcus [username], “Re: New Pre '64 or 700 action?”, in rec.guns‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra.

Anagrams

• Fielden, enfiled, fielden, lifened, line fed