Battle

/ˈbætəɫ/name
Elementary
1

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

2

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).

3

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

4

A river in Saskatchewan, Canada: see Battle River.

5

A ghost town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

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Alliteration

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