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Bourkes

Bourkes is the plural of Bourke.

Meaning of Bourke

Proper noun

Bourke (countable and uncountable, plural Bourkes)

  1. A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.
  2. A town and local government area (Bourke Shire) in north-west New South Wales, Australia, named after Sir Richard Bourke.

Questions about Bourkes

What is Bourkes the plural of?
Bourkes is the plural of Bourke.

Words near Bourkes in the dictionary

  1. bourkas
  2. Bourke
  3. Bourke's parrot
  4. Bourke's parrots
  5. Bourkelands
  6. Bourkes
  7. bourkha
  8. bourkhas
  9. Bourland
  10. Bourlands
  11. bourlaw

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bourkes (page history and authors); Bourke (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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