English

Proper noun

Nelson

1. Lord Nelson (1758-1805), a British admiral.
2. A patronymic surname​.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 1994 Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom:

     Africans of my generation - and even today - generally have both a Western and an African name. Whites were either unable or unwilling to pronounce an African name, and considered it uncivilized to have one. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this particular name upon me I have no idea. Perhaps it had something to do with the great British sea captain Lord Nelson, but that would only be a guess.

4. A city in British Columbia
5. A city in Georgia, USA
6. A village in Illinois
7. A town in Lancashire, England
8. A city in Minnesota
9. A city in Missouri
10. A city in Nebraska
11. A census-designated place in Nevada
12. A town in New Hampshire
13. A town in New York
14. A city in New Zealand
15. A town in Victoria, Australia
16. A village in Wisconsin

Derived terms

• Grelling-Nelson paradox
• half nelson
• nelson
• Nelsonesque
• Nelsonian
• nelsonite
• Nelson's Column
• Nelson's sparrow
• quarter nelson
• three-quarter nelson

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Nelson.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛw.sõ/

Proper noun

Nelson m

1. A male given name

English

Noun

nelson ‎(plural nelsons)

1. (cricket) A score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky (supposedly from the belief that Lord Nelson had one eye, one arm and one leg (disputed)).
2. (wrestling) A wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arm is locked behind his back.

Finnish

Noun

nelson

1. (wrestling) nelson

Declension