Badminton, Gloucestershire
- Badminton, Gloucestershire
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latitude= 51.53
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official_name =Badminton
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lieutenancy_england= Gloucestershire
region= South West England
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Badminton, Gloucestershire, England is famous for its horse trials, which take place in early May each year in the grounds of the Duke of Beaufort's residence, Badminton House.
An air show was held in Badminton until the early 1990s, when new safety rules forced it to close.Fact|date=August 2008
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Badminton (disambiguation) — Badminton may refer to: *Badminton, Gloucestershire, a village in England giving its name to **Badminton House, the estate of the Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, home of the Badminton Horse Trials *Badminton, the sport, named after Badminton … Wikipedia
Badminton House — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Badminton House en el siglo XIX … Wikipedia Español
badminton — [ badmintɔn ] n. m. • 1882; mot angl. , nom d un château ♦ Anglic. Jeu de volant apparenté au tennis. ● badminton nom masculin (mot anglais, de Badminton House) Sport pratiqué sur un court, et qui consiste à se renvoyer, dans les limites de ce… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Badminton House — is a large country house in Gloucestershire, England, and has been the principal seat of the Dukes of Beaufort since the late 17th century. The architect William Kent renovated and extended the house in the Palladian style in the early 18th… … Wikipedia
Badminton House — en 2007. Badminton House au XIX … Wikipédia en Français
Bádminton — Autoridad deportiva Federación Mundial de Bádminton … Wikipedia Español
Badminton — Sn (ein wettkampfmäßiges Federballspiel) per. Wortschatz fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. badminton, so bezeichnet nach Badminton House, dem Landsitz des Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, wo das aus Indien stammende Spiel zuerst… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
badminton — /bæd mintən/, it. /bɛd minton/ s. ingl. [dal toponimo Badminton, nel Gloucestershire, residenza del duca di Beaufort, che diffuse il gioco in Inghilterra], usato in ital. al masch. (sport.) [gioco simile al tennis] ▶◀ volano … Enciclopedia Italiana
badminton — 1874, from Badminton House, name of Gloucestershire estate of the Duke of Beaufort, where the game first was played in England, mid 19c., having been picked up by British officers from Indian poona. The place name is O.E. Badimyncgtun (972),… … Etymology dictionary
Badminton — Badminton: Das aus Indien stammende Federballspiel wurde benannt nach dem Landsitz Badminton des Duke of Beaufort of Gloucestershire, wo das Spiel 1872 zuerst nach festen Regeln gespielt wurde … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
