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单词 west endian
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West Endiann.adj.

Brit. /ˌwɛst ˈɛndɪən/, U.S. /ˈˌwɛst ˈɛndiən/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: west end n., -ian suffix.
Etymology: < west end n. + -ian suffix.
Now rare.
A. n.
1. Irish English. A person who lives west of the River Shannon. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1812 E. Wakefield Acct. Ireland I. xxix. 759 The Connaught men..call themselves ‘West Endians’, which they pronounce, West Indians.
2. A person who lives in the West End of London.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > London > parts of London
cocknel1605
Wappineer1690
Savoyard1699
Wappingera1734
West Endian1817
East Ender1821
Belgravian1848
west end1882
Kensingtonian1889
heathen1891
Bloomsburian1902
1817 Hone's Reformists' Reg. 26 Apr. 441 A whole squad of West-Endians used to dine with him two or three times a week.
1874 Punch 21 Mar. 126/3 The London West-Endians feel a still keener interest in the Return of the Upper Ten Thousand.
2007 West End Weeklies? in DPNC (Usenet newsgroup) 25 Feb. I'm thinking about turning some laps around Regent's Park a few times a week... Any West Endians with flexible schedules care to join me?
B. adj.
Characteristic of the western end of a town or city (esp. London) or its inhabitants.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Britain > London > parts of
Whitechapel1785
west end1820
Mayfair1843
Belgravian1848
Tyburnian1850
West Endian1856
West Central1857
West Endy1890
Kensingtonian1902
Mayfairish1938
South Bank1951
1856 J. M. Ludlow Let. Nov. in C. L. Graves Life & Lett. A. Macmillan (1910) ii. 91 [A London shop] more West-endian than Bell's or Nutt's.
1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 20 June 25 It is quintessentially West Endian to have a homage to a French singer best-known for topping the charts with a song about heavy breathing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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