Ridgeway

8 7.0

A family name and place name used for a road or village on a long narrow hill

proper noun

: Ridgeway

The news in the case of missing 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway is confusing this morning.
James Ridgeway
Tina Ridgeway
Mr. Ridgeway

Now, this specific person you're talking about Ridgeway, correct?

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Examples

You're the Ridgeway girl, aren't you?

Death on the Nile (1978)
After completing the Cotswolds Way last month, I added the Ridgeway to the list of completed national trails today.

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She's from the Ridgeway School.

Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Charlie Blackfoot was seen in the town of Ridgeway.

Hang 'em High (1968)
Welcome to Wode Hall, Miss Ridgeway.

Death on the Nile (1978)
The Ridgeway girl.

Death on the Nile (1978)
Tom Ridgeway.

Larva (2005)
Sorry, Miss Ridgeway.

Death on the Nile (1978)
Standing between Durango and a little town called Ridgeway, the landscape is littered with remnants of old mines.

Blog text (32)
One of the best features of the Ridgeway, says author Bill Bryson, is its wealth of expansive vistas.

Synonyms

edgeway

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Archaic

9.9

An old narrow path that runs along the edge of a field or cliff

is used mainly as a surname or place name for roads on long raised land

Surface Forms

Ridgeway main

Morphology

Ridgeway = ridge + way (transparent) = ridge + way

The name is a straightforward compound of 'ridge' + 'way', meaning a road or route along a ridge, which learners can infer from the parts.

Etymology

Ridgeway comes from the parts ridge ('a long raised line of land') and way ('a road'), so it originally meant the road along the top of a ridge. That's why Ridgeway is used as a place name and a surname for people who lived by such a road.