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Barnsdale

Barnsdale proper noun: a locality mainly in Exton and Horn parish, Rutland, England, with many places/properties named Barnsdale (OS grid ref SK9009).

Proper noun

Barnsdale (countable and uncountable, plural Barnsdales)

  1. A locality mainly in Exton and Horn parish, Rutland, England, with many places/properties named Barnsdale (OS grid ref SK9009).
  2. A number of places in Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire and Wakefield borough, West Yorkshire, England, including Barnsdale Bar on the county boundary (OS grid ref SE5113).
  3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Barnsdale

pluralBarnsdales

Origin of Barnsdale

From the Old English personal name Beorn + -s- + dæl (“valley, dale”).

Questions about Barnsdale

What does Barnsdale mean?
Barnsdale means a locality mainly in Exton and Horn parish, Rutland, England, with many places/properties named Barnsdale (OS grid ref SK9009).
What part of speech is Barnsdale?
Barnsdale is a proper noun.

Words near Barnsdale in the dictionary

  1. barns
  2. Barns Green
  3. barns-breaking
  4. barns-breakings
  5. Barnsbury
  6. Barnsdale
  7. Barnsdales
  8. Barnsdall
  9. barnsful
  10. Barnshaw
  11. barnshoot

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