margate

¹

[ mahr-git, -geyt ]

noun

1. a red-mouthed grunt, Haemulon album, inhabiting Atlantic waters from Florida to Brazil, valued as a food fish.

Margate

²

[ mahr-git, -geyt mahr-geyt ]

noun

1. a city in NE Kent, in SE England: seaside resort.
2. a city in SE Florida.

Margate

/ ˈmɑːɡeɪt /

noun

1. a town and resort in SE England, in E Kent on the Isle of Thanet. Pop: 58 465 (2001)

Word History and Origins

Origin of margate¹

First recorded in 1725–35; perhaps after Margate

Example Sentences

The weather warning covers an area from Margate in Kent to Truro in Cornwall, and from Brighton and Portsmouth, on the south coast, up to Sheffield in Yorkshire.

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I’ve visited the Landmark Pinnacle as well as Invicta House, a council-owned block on an estate just outside Margate.

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On 10 August, there was a fault on the Scenic Railway at Dreamland in Margate which damaged pieces of the wooden track.

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The Home Office abandoned plans to move a group of asylum seekers to the Bibby barge in the wake of protests in Margate last week.

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The self-confessed super fan is such a hardcore Banksy aficionado that she said she also once drove 14 hours from Leeds to Margate and back so she could spend just 10 minutes taking some photos of his mural in the Kent seaside town.

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