Battle

A habitational surname from Middle English from places in England that have been sites of a battle.

Proper noun

  1. A habitational surname from Middle English from places in England that have been sites of a battle.
  2. A place name:

    1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Rother district, East Sussex, England; supposed site of the Battle of Hastings (OS grid ref TQ7416).

    2. A hamlet in Yscir community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0131).

    3. A river in Saskatchewan, Canada: see Battle River.

    4. (historical) A ghost town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States.

Origin

Capitalization of battle. Doublet of Battaglia.

Derived

Battleford