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Attenborough

Attenborough proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Attenborough

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.

Origin of Attenborough

From Middle English Addyngborough, with the d changed to t by dissimilation, from earlier Adinburks, Adigburc, Hadinbur, meaning “The burh of the Eādings” or possibly “the burh of Eadda”.

Questions about Attenborough

What does Attenborough mean?
Attenborough means a surname.
What part of speech is Attenborough?
Attenborough is a proper noun.

Words near Attenborough in the dictionary

  1. attemptive
  2. attemptless
  3. Attempto Controlled English
  4. attempts
  5. attenable
  6. Attenborough
  7. Attenborough's long-beaked echidna
  8. Attenborough's pitcher plant
  9. Attenborough's pitcher plants
  10. attend
  11. attend to

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Attenborough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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