# Windermere

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #41,473

## Definitions
1. A lake in Cumbria, England, formerly divided between Lancashire and Westmorland.
2. A town near this lake in Windermere and Bowness parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4198).
3. A town in Orange County, Florida, United States.
4. A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
5. A rural locality in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
6. A locality in the City of Launceston, northern Tasmania, Australia.
7. A locality in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.
8. A rural locality north-east of Hinds, Canterbury, New Zealand.

## Etymology
"Winand's lake", from Continental Germanic personal name Wînand + Old Norse genitive singular ending -ar + Old English mere (“lake, pond”).

## Common misspellings (15)
`iwndermere`, `widnermere`, `winddermere`, `windemrere`, `winderemre`, `windermeer`, `windermerre`, `windermmere`, `windermree`, `winderrmere`, `windremere`, `winedrmere`, `winndermere`, `wnidermere`, `wwindermere`

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