Wellington (disambiguation)

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The name Wellington has most often been used in memory of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the first Duke of the town of Wellington, Somerset in England. See also List of NHL one gamers.

[edit] Places

[edit] New Zealand

• Wellington, New Zealand's capital city.
  • Wellington City · Wellington Region · Wellington Province
• Mount Wellington, Auckland

[edit] Australia

• Wellington, New South Wales
• Wellington, South Australia
• Wellington, Victoria
• Mount Wellington, Tasmania

[edit] Canada

• Wellington (Manitoba riding), an electoral district of Manitoba.
• The name of settlements in
  • Wellington, Nanaimo Regional District, British Columbia;
  • Wellington, New Brunswick and
  • Wellington, Newfoundland and Labrador;
  • Three communities in Nova Scotia:
    • Wellington, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
    • Wellington, Queens County, Nova Scotia
    • Wellington, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
  • Wellington, Prince Edward Island
• Wellington County, Ontario (which emcompasses the townships of Centre Wellington, Ontario and Wellington North, Ontario
• The town of Wellington, Ontario in Prince Edward County, Ontario

[edit] Chile

• Wellington Island

[edit] India

• Wellington, Tamil Nadu
• Wellington Cantonment

[edit] South Africa

• Wellington, Western Cape, Western Cape Province.

[edit] United Kingdom

Settlements:

• Wellington, Cumbria,
• Wellington, Herefordshire,
• Wellington, Shropshire
• Wellington, Somerset

The name or former name of schools:

• Wellington College, Berkshire
• Wrekin College
• Wellington School, Somerset

[edit] United States of America

• Wellington, Colorado
• Wellington, Florida
• Wellington, Illinois
• Wellington, Kansas
• Wellington, Kentucky
• Wellington, Maine
• Wellington, Missouri
• Wellington, Nevada
• Wellington, Ohio
• Wellington, Texas
• Wellington, Utah
• Wellington, Washington
• Wellington, Wisconsin

[edit] Military

• HMNZS Wellington, a Royal New Zealand Navy frigate.
• HMS Wellington, a Royal Navy Grimsby class sloop.
• Vickers Wellington, a British medium bomber used in World War II.
• The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, a former infantry regiment in the British Army

[edit] Objects and other uses

• Beef Wellington, a fillet of beef tenderloin coated with pâté de foie gras and a duxelles of mushrooms, all wrapped in puff pastry.
• Wellington (glass), a type of beer-glass.
• Wellington boot, a type of protective boot popularized by the first Duke of Wellington.
• Wellington Fund, a balanced mutual fund from the Vanguard group.

[edit] Others - People, Characters, Monuments

• Duke of Wellington, a British title.
  • Its most notable holder, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, after whom most Wellingtons are named.
• Wellington Monument - Monuments to Wellington
• The name of the orphan boy in the British comic strip The Perishers.
• One of the characters in The Wombles, a British children's TV series.
• The name of the dog in the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon.