cavendish

/ˈkævəndɪʃ/

Etymology

* (English village): "Cāfna's enclosure", from Old English personal name *Cāfna + edisċ (“pasture”); recorded as Kauanadisc in 1086 (DB). * (in Vermont): Likely named after William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. * (banana): Named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.

cavendish means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.

cavendish is pronounced /ˈkævəndɪʃ/.

name

A surname.
A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8046).
A number of places in Canada:; A locality in Alberta.
A number of places in Canada:; A local service district in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
A number of places in Canada:; A community, ward and former township in Trent Lakes, Peterborough County, Ontario.
A number of places in Canada:; A rural community of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.

noun

The most commonly sold banana; one of the triploid (AAA) cultivars of Musa acuminata.“Crucially, almost the entirety of exported bananas are Cavendishes.”
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.“"But the managers seem inclined to cut their cavendish very fine just at present," she said.”