Orwell

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English Orewelle (attested in Chaucer). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Orwell

  1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3650). [1]
  2. A tidal river in Suffolk, England.
  3. A settlement in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  4. A place in the United States:
    1. A township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
    2. A town in Oswego County, New York, named after Orwell, Vermont.
    3. A village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, named after Orwell, Vermont.
    4. A township and unincorporated community in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
    5. A town in Addison County, Vermont.
  5. An English surname (George Orwell took his name from the River Orwell).

Usage notes

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In addition to the construction Orwellian, it is very common to use the author's pseudo-surname as a stand-in for "totalitarian" and to make coinages based on it, e.g. "Orwellabama" (Orwell + Alabama)[2] or "Orwellesque".[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Parish map (Cambridgeshire)
  2. ^ "Orwellabama? Crimson Tide Track Locations to Keep Students at Games", The New York Times (September 12, 2019)
  3. ^ "George Orwell is stealing my work", American Thinker (November 14, 2016)

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