Definitions for WOLD
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. woldnoun

   a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. woldnoun

   An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.

2. woldnoun

   A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland

3. Etymology: From wald, wold, from (Anglian) wald, from walþuz, from u̯el(ə)-t- (cf. gwallt ‘hair’, váltis ‘oat awn’, vlat ‘ear (of wheat)’, λάσιος ‘hairy’).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Woldnoun

   Wold, whether singly or jointly, in the names of places, signifies a plain open country; from the Saxon wold, a plain and a place without wood. Edmund Gibson Camden.

   Wold and wald with the Saxons signified a ruler or governour; from whence bertwold is a famous governour; æthelwold a noble governour: herwald, and by inversion waldher, a general of an army. Edmund Gibson Camden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wold

   A wold is a term primarily used in England to describe a piece of rolling hills or upland, often treeless, mainly used for farming or grazing. It can also be used to refer to a wooded area in Old English. Note that it is not to be confused with "world."

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Woldnoun

   a wood; a forest

2. Woldnoun

   a plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether hilly or not

3. Woldnoun

   see Weld

4. Etymology: [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood, forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel. vllr, a field, and probably to Gr. a grove, Skr. va a garden, inclosure. Cf. Weald.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wold

   wōld, n. an open tract of country. [A.S. weald, wald, a wood, perh. ultimately conn. with wealdan, to possess, wield.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wold

   An extensive plain, covered with grass and herbs, but bare of trees.

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1. WOLD

   What does WOLD stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the WOLD acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WOLD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wold is ranked #6091 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Wold surname appeared 5,631 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Wold.
   
   93.7% or 5,280 total occurrences were White.
   2.2% or 125 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 84 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.3% or 75 total occurrences were Black.
   0.7% or 41 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 26 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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1. • Country

Anagrams for WOLD »

1. dowl

How to pronounce WOLD?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of WOLD in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of WOLD in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=WOLD
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wold
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=WOLD
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/WOLD
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=WOLD
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=WOLD
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html