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Blickling

Blickling proper noun: a village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1728).

Proper noun

Blickling

  1. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1728).

Origin of Blickling

Recorded as Blikelinga in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the unattested Old English personal name *Blīcla, which is probably related to the verb blīcan (“to shine”), + -ing (“belonging to”).

Questions about Blickling

What does Blickling mean?
Blickling means a village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1728).
What part of speech is Blickling?
Blickling is a proper noun.

Words near Blickling in the dictionary

  1. blickets
  2. blickey
  3. blickeys
  4. blickies
  5. blicking
  6. Blickling
  7. blicks
  8. blicky
  9. Blida
  10. Blidcha
  11. bliddy

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