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Bloomsbury

/bluːmzbəɹi/

Bloomsbury proper noun: an urban area and ward in the borough of Camden, London, known for its array of garden squares and its literary connections (OS grid ref TQ3082).

Proper noun

Bloomsbury

  1. An urban area and ward in the borough of Camden, London, known for its array of garden squares and its literary connections (OS grid ref TQ3082).
  2. A community in the County of Barrhead, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

Origin of Bloomsbury

Recorded 1291 as Blemondesberi “manor held by the Blemond family”, from Blémont in France.

Words formed from Bloomsbury

Questions about Bloomsbury

What does Bloomsbury mean?
Bloomsbury means an urban area and ward in the borough of Camden, London, known for its array of garden squares and its literary connections (OS grid ref TQ3082).
What part of speech is Bloomsbury?
Bloomsbury is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bloomsbury?
Bloomsbury is pronounced /bluːmzbəɹi/ (UK).

Words near Bloomsbury in the dictionary

  1. Bloomquists
  2. blooms
  3. Bloomsberries
  4. Bloomsburg
  5. Bloomsburian
  6. Bloomsbury
  7. Bloomsburyan
  8. bloomscrolling
  9. Bloomsday
  10. Bloomsdays
  11. bloomsome

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