Blenheim

Churchill's birthplace, Oxfordshire

Blenheim names several things after the 1704 Battle of Blenheim, a British victory over France in the War of the Spanish Succession.

Blenheim Palace is the grand English estate built to honor the Duke of Marlborough for that victory—and Winston Churchill's birthplace.

A Blenheim spaniel is a variety of Cavalier King Charles spaniel with chestnut and white markings.

Blenheim is also a town in New Zealand known for wine production.

palace

Churchill

Manitoba's northern port

Marlborough · stately home · gardens · parkland · Capability Brown · tapestries · baroque · estate · tourism · heritage

battle

1704

A calendar year

Marlborough · Bavaria · cavalry · victory · allied · campaign · military · decisive · tactics · triumph

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cooking

Preparing food with heat

cider · heirloom · tart · English · cultivar · autumn · baking · pie · crisp · Oxfordshire

spaniel

King Charles

Reigning British monarch

lapdog · companion · breed · AKC · cavalier · markings · aristocratic · gentle · affectionate · small

apricot

stone fruit

Fruit with pit inside

dried · jam · sweet · summer · tree · harvest · preserves · golden

Opposites
architectural grandeur (palace)

Blenheimhovel

Wretched small dwelling

shack · workhouse · almshouse · cottage · slum

military outcome (battle)

BlenheimDunkirk

1940 Allied evacuation site

Gallipoli · Singapore · rout · debacle · Yorktown

architectural style

Blenheimminimalist architecture

Buildings stripped to essentials

Bauhaus

Phrases
Family

Blenheim Palace

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
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Timeless · Concrete · Rated G