Wimbledon
pronunciation
How to pronounce Wimbledon in British English:
UK [ˈwɪmb(ə)ldən]
How to pronounce Wimbledon in American English:
US [ˈwɪmbəldən]
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- Noun:
- a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts
Word Origin
- Wimbledon
- district of South London, Old English Wunemannedune (10c.), probably "Wynnman's hill," from proper name *Wynnman. The -m- is intrusive; the -n- to -l- substitution was common in Anglo-French. Used metonymically from 1895 for the lawn tennis championships played annually there.
Example
- 1. That accolade still lacks the prestige of wimbledon champion .
- 2. Interest in olympic tennis has never matched that in wimbledon itself .
- 3. Fans of wimbledon can look forward to a double helping this summer .
- 4. Time was when he 'd have gone to a racetrack , the dogs at wimbledon or white city .
- 5. This is part of a wider phenomenon some call " the wimbledon effect " .