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Blenheim (/ˈblɛnɪm/ BLEN-im) is the English name of Blindheim, a village in Bavaria, Germany, which was the site of the Battle of Blenheim in 1704. Almost all places and other things called Blenheim are named directly or indirectly in honour of the battle.

Places

United Kingdom

  • Blenheim, Leeds, an inner city area of the English city of Leeds, West Yorkshire
  • Blenheim, Oxfordshire, a civil parish in England
    • Blenheim Palace, a large stately home built for the victor of the Battle of Blenheim, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

United States

Other places

Military

Plants

  • Blenheim Orange, a cultivar of apple
  • Blenheim apricot, a variety of apricot
  • Blenheim Royal (Schreiner 1990), a tall, blue, bearded iris

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