Blenheim

[ blen-uhm ]

noun

1. village in S Germany, on the Danube: famous victory of the Duke of Marlborough over the French, 1704.

Blenheim

¹

/ ˈblɛnɪm /

noun

1. a type of King Charles spaniel having red-and-white markings
2. Also calledBlenheim orange
   1. a type of apple tree bearing gold-coloured apples
   2. the fruit of this tree

Blenheim

²

/ ˈblɛnɪm /

noun

1. a village in SW Germany, site of a victory of Anglo-Austrian forces under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugène of Savoy that saved Vienna from the French and Bavarians (1704) during the War of the Spanish Succession Modern nameBlindheim

Word History and Origins

Origin of Blenheim¹

C19: named after Blenheim Palace

Example Sentences

Dave Matthews owns Blenheim Vineyards in Virginia and produces an array of respected table wines.

From The Daily Beast

Before buying the priory, the couple had rented a cottage nearby from the Duke of Marlborough on his Blenheim Palace estate.

From The Daily Beast

In 1749 the library was removed to Blenheim, where it remained until 1881.

From Project Gutenberg

Cutts made his attack on Blenheim with all the fury which earned for him the nickname of the Salamander.

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Mr. Price acknowledges himself an admirer of the water-scene at Blenheim.

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But Blenheim was within the power of a magnanimous people, and they caused the erection of it at the public cost to be suspended!

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Positively, the Garden of Eden cannot have been more beautiful than this private garden of Blenheim.

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