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Vinony

davenport

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdævənpɔːt/ / /ˈdævɪnˌpɔɹt/

name

Etymology: * As an English surname, from Middle English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (“trickle, drop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), which is from donn (“brown”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”); see airigh.

  1. A surname
  2. A surname
  3. A surname
  4. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  5. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  6. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  7. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  8. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  9. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  10. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  11. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  12. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  13. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  14. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  15. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  16. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  17. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:
  18. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:

noun

Etymology: * (sofa, couch): The sofa sense is a genericized trademark named after the defunct furniture manufacturer A. H. Davenport and Company. From the surname Davenport. Named after American businessman Albert H. Davenport * (desk)

  1. A large sofa, especially a formal one.

    “Holonym: furniture”

    “He blundered into the living-room, lay on the davenport, hands behind his head.”

  2. A writing desk, especially a small one.

    “Then she went into the house, and, sitting down at the davenport in the dining-room, got out a sheet of her best notepaper, and wrote a note to Pamela Dysart in her strong, commercially clear hand.”

    “He crosses to the davenport to get the policies from his briefcase,”