Spital
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In the United Kingdom:- Spital, Berkshire, close to Windsor
- Spital, DerbyshireSpital, DerbyshireSpital is a small Suburb in the town of Chesterfield and is situated towards the east of the town. Spital consists of only about 10 to 15 streets with the main road being Spital lane. The only businesses in the area are The Spital pub, Spital hotel and Spital tiles...
, part of Chesterfield - Spital, MerseysideSpital, MerseysideSpital is a suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. It is located mid-way on the Wirral Peninsula, and is mostly incorporated into the town of Bebington and the most westerly point of Spital forms the most northern edge of Bromborough.Spital is primarily a...
, on the Wirral Peninsula - Spital, Tamworth, a Ward of Tamworth Borough Council
- SpitalfieldsSpitalfieldsSpitalfields is a former parish in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London, near to Liverpool Street station and Brick Lane. The area straddles Commercial Street and is home to many markets, including the historic Old Spitalfields Market, founded in the 17th century, Sunday...
, London - Spital-in-the-StreetSpital-in-the-StreetSpital-in-the-Street is a small hamlet in Lincolnshire, England. It is on the Roman Ermine Street , which forms the modern A15 road, near its junction with the A631 road, known as Caenby Corner, north of Lincoln...
, Lincolnshire - Spital TonguesSpital TonguesSpital Tongues is a historic area of Newcastle upon Tyne, located north west of the city centre.Its unusual name is believed to be derived from 'spital' – a corruption of the word 'hospital' that is quite commonly found in UK place names - and 'tongues', meaning outlying pieces of land...
, an area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne - village in AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Waldwiertal region, where Hitlers family had some origins
Other
- Spital is occasionally found as a surname indicating a family's roots in one of the above locations.
- The term Spital is an AustrianAustrian GermanAustrian German , or Austrian Standard German, is the national standard variety of the German language spoken in Austria and in the autonomous Province of South Tyrol...
and Swiss GermanSwiss GermanSwiss German is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy. Occasionally, the Alemannic dialects spoken in other countries are grouped together with Swiss German as well, especially the dialects of Liechtenstein and Austrian Vorarlberg...
contraction of hospitalHospitalA hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
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