"Worms" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /vɔːmz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /vɔɹmz/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mz Etymology: From German Worms, from Old High German Wormazia, Warmazia, etc., from Latin Vormatia, from a Gaulish name attested in Latin as Borbetomagus and Bormitomagus with influence from Latin -ātus (“forming adjectives”) and -ia (“forming place names”), of uncertain origin but usually conjectured to refer to the Celtic god Borvo or a river, spring, or other waters named for him + Proto-Celtic *magos (“field, plain”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Worms}} German Worms, {{der|en|goh|Wormazia}} Old High German Wormazia, {{m|goh|Warmazia}} Warmazia, {{der|en|la|Vormatia}} Latin Vormatia, {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{m|la|Borbetomagus}} Borbetomagus, {{m|la|Bormitomagus}} Bormitomagus, {{m|la|-ātus||forming adjectives}} -ātus (“forming adjectives”), {{m|la|-ia||forming place names}} -ia (“forming place names”), {{uncertain|en|nocap=1|nocat=1}} uncertain, {{der|en|cel-pro|*magos|t=field, plain}} Proto-Celtic *magos (“field, plain”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Worms
  1. An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Wikipedia link: Worms, Germany Categories (place): Places in Germany, Places in Rhineland-Palatinate, Towns in Germany, Towns in Rhineland-Palatinate Translations (independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate): Вормс (Vorms) (Bulgarian), Worms (Catalan), Worms (Czech), Worms (Danish), Worms (Estonian), Worms (French), Worms (German), Worms [Palatine, Rhine-Franconian] (German), Woʳms [Rhine-Franconian] (German), וורמס (Vorms) [feminine] (Hebrew), Vormazia (Italian), Worms (Italian), Vormatia (Latin), Civitas Vangionum (Latin), Wormacja (Polish), Worms [feminine] (Portuguese), Worms (Romanian), Вормс (Vorms) (Russian), Worms (Spanish), Worms (Turkish), Worms (Welsh), וואָרמז (vormz) (Yiddish)

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