Wellington (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview

Wellington can refer to various things.

Places

• The main article Wellington refers to the capital city of New Zealand, there is also a related article about the Wellington Region
• Wellington is the name of other places in the world including:
  • In Australia
    • Wellington, New South Wales
    • Wellington, South Australia
    • Wellington, Victoria
  • In Canada
    • Wellington, Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Wellington, Prince Edward Island
    • Wellington Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
    • Wellington, Queens County, Nova Scotia
    • Wellington, Halifax County, Canada
    • Wellington, New Brunswick
    • Wellington, New Brunswick (community)
    • Wellington, Ontario
    • Wellington North Township, Ontario
    • Wellington, electoral district, Manitoba
    • Wellington, Nanaimo Regional District, British Columbia
  • In England
    • Wellington, Shropshire
    • Wellington, Somerset
  • In the 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, Wisconsin
  • In India
    • Wellington, (Cantonment), Tamil Nadu
  • Elsewhere
    • Wellington, Chile
    • Wellington, South Africa
• there are also two peaks called Mount Wellington:
  • Mount Wellington, Tasmania in Australia
  • Mount Wellington, New Zealand

People and creatures

• Duke of Wellington is the title of several present and past British noblemen. The most famous is Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
• Wellington is the name of a fictional orphan boy (with a dog appropriately named Boot) in the British comic strip The Perishers; see List of comic strips.
• Wellington is one of the characters in The Wombles, a British children's series.
• Wellington is the name of the dead dog in the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

Things

• The Wellington boot is a type of protective boot, popularized by the first Duke of Wellington.
• There are schools named Wellington College, Wellington School, Somerset, Wellington School, Shropshire.
• The Vickers Wellington was a British heavy bomber used extensively in World War II
• A Wellington is a type of beer-glass