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Birtwistle

Birtwistle proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Birtwistle (plural Birtwistles)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Birtwistle

pluralBirtwistles
alternative formBertwistle
alternative formBirtwhistle

Origin of Birtwistle

Habitational surname from a lost village in Lancashire, from Old Norse birki- (“birchen”) + Old English twisel (“fork, bifurcation”).

Questions about Birtwistle

What does Birtwistle mean?
Birtwistle means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Birtwistle?
Birtwistle is a proper noun.

Words near Birtwistle in the dictionary

  1. birthyears
  2. Birtism
  3. Birtley
  4. birts
  5. Birtspeak
  6. Birtwistle
  7. Birtwistles
  8. Birx
  9. biryani
  10. biryanis
  11. Birštonas

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