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Wilmington

Wilmington

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A city in the United States state of North Carolina on the Cape Fear River
  • proper noun
  • /ˈwɪlmɪŋtən/
: Wilmington (Carolina del Norte)
  • No one is more aware of this than the leadership at New Hanover Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C.
  • Wilmington, North Carolina
  • Wilmington, North Carolina
  • Wilmington, N.C.

Examples

  • We've been offered a new church in Wilmington .

    Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)

  • I was thinking we ought to take two weeks off and go up to Wilmington, like the old times, down to the houseboat.

    Cape Fear (1991)

  • I just recently arrived from Wilmington.

    Original Sin (2001)

  • We're looking at North Carolina, Wilmington on the coast.

  • Why are you in Wilmington, North Carolina?

    Air (2023)

  • We had been making our way along a road near the sea below Wilmington, North Carolina.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Ask me why I'm in Wilmington, North Carolina.

    Air (2023)

  • Larry picked us up about a hundred miles or so north of Wilmington, North Carolina.

    Academic text (2009)

  • In Wilmington, North Carolina, a skinny five-year-old Michael Jordan shoots baskets with his brother Larry.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • During our vacation, we visited Wilmington, North Carolina, to explore its beautiful beaches.

Surface Forms

Wilmington main

Etymology

Wilmington is formed from the name William and the ending -ton, meaning 'town'. Many English place names use -ton, so this Wilmington is also 'William's town', a simple name for the city in North Carolina.