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Ancholme

Ancholme proper noun: a river in Lincolnshire, England, which discharges into the River Humber. Much of the river, the New River Ancholme, is straightened, while the Old River Ancholme meanders alongside and across it.

Proper noun

Ancholme

  1. A river in Lincolnshire, England, which discharges into the River Humber. Much of the river, the New River Ancholme, is straightened, while the Old River Ancholme meanders alongside and across it.

Questions about Ancholme

What does Ancholme mean?
Ancholme means a river in Lincolnshire, England, which discharges into the River Humber. Much of the river, the New River Ancholme, is straightened, while the Old River Ancholme meanders alongside and across it.
What part of speech is Ancholme?
Ancholme is a proper noun.

Words near Ancholme in the dictionary

  1. anchitheriines
  2. anchizonal
  3. anchizone
  4. anchizones
  5. ancho
  6. Ancholme
  7. anchomomyin
  8. anchomomyins
  9. Anchondo
  10. Anchondos
  11. anchor

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