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# wellington

noun (a wellington, wellingtons; wellington boots; informal wellies)

«wellington» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A wellington is a tall rubber or plastic boot that keeps your feet dry in rain and mud; they usually come in pairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#m1)
2. Wellington (with a capital W) is the capital city of New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#m2)
3. The Duke of Wellington was a famous British general after whom the boots were named. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, children wear wellies for puddles, farms and gardening; Americans call them rain boots or rubber boots. In geography lessons, Wellington is at the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island and is famous for wind. Phrases: a pair of wellingtons, wellies, welly boots.

### Examples

- Put on your wellingtons, it is muddy outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x1)
- I jumped in every puddle in my wellies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x2)
- My new wellingtons are green with frogs on them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x3)
- Farmers wear wellingtons in the fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x4)
- Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x5)
- Leave your wellies by the back door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x6)
- Wellington is known as a windy city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x7)
- Rain boots and wellingtons are the same thing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x8)

### Note

Usually plural: a pair of wellingtons. Lower case for the boot, capital W for the city and the Duke. Wellington, not Auckland, is New Zealand's capital, a common trap.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wellington» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wellington» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wellington.html) on Mova free.