Wimbledon

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Wimbledon

1. The principal business area and suburb in the London Borough of Merton.
2. The Wimbledon Championships, a prestigious tennis tournament.
   • 2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, page 81,

     Norman Brookes was the first Australian to win the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1907 - making him the first male outside Britain to win the Championships and the first of 12 Australian men to take the title.

   • 2008, Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo, Pete Sampras: A Champion's Mind, 2010, unnumbered page,

     In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!

   • 2013, Jack Goldstein, Frankie Taylor, 101 Amazing Facts about Wimbledon, unnumbered page,

     An incredible 28 thousand kilograms of strawberries are eaten at Wimbledon every year...

Derived terms

• Wimbledon Common

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Polish

Etymology

From English Wimbledon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //ˈwim.bɛl.dɔn//

Proper noun

Wimbledon m

1. Wimbledon (all meanings)

Declension

Declension of Wimbledon

	singular	plural
nominative	Wimbledon	Wimbledony
genitive	Wimbledonu	Wimbledonów
dative	Wimbledonowi	Wimbledonom
accusative	Wimbledon	Wimbledony
instrumental	Wimbledonem	Wimbledonami
locative	Wimbledonie	Wimbledonach
vocative	Wimbledonie	Wimbledony