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Badminton

Name: Badminton
Address: GB

51.5430°N -2.2850°W · Q799600

One English word in this atlas traces back to Badminton. It sits in United Kingdom.

All of United Kingdom

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badmintonnoun · 1860s

Well attested

The sport is named for an English country house.

The modern game took its English name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, where it was played in the 19th century. Related shuttlecock games are older and not English.

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