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Alkincoats

Alkincoats proper noun: an area of Colne in Lancashire.

Proper noun

Alkincoats

  1. An area of Colne in Lancashire.

Origin of Alkincoats

Unknown; Altenecote in 1202. Possibly a Cumbric compound from the equivalents of Welsh allt (“cliff”) (+ a diminutive suffix) + the definite article y + coed (“wood, forest”). The final syllable seems to have been influenced by Old English cot (“cottage”).

Questions about Alkincoats

What does Alkincoats mean?
Alkincoats means an area of Colne in Lancashire.
What part of speech is Alkincoats?
Alkincoats is a proper noun.

Words near Alkincoats in the dictionary

  1. alkide
  2. alkides
  3. alkie
  4. alkies
  5. alkin
  6. Alkincoats
  7. alkine
  8. alkines
  9. Alkington
  10. Alkire
  11. Alkires

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