# Winchester

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #13,842

## Definitions
1. A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England.
2. A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England.
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19. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeaster, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeaster, from Latin castra (“camp”).
The bottle is named for the former customary units of the English city. The rifle is named named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.

## Common misspellings (16)
`iwnchester`, `wicnhester`, `wincchester`, `wincehster`, `winchesetr`, `winchesster`, `winchesterr`, `winchestre`, `winchestter`, `winchetser`, `winchhester`, `winchseter`, `winhcester`, `winnchester`, `wnichester`, `wwinchester`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/winchester