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Bournville

Bournville proper noun: a suburb and model village in the south of the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0481).

Proper noun

Bournville

  1. A suburb and model village in the south of the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0481).

Origin of Bournville

Named after a minor local river, The Bourn + -ville

Questions about Bournville

What does Bournville mean?
Bournville means a suburb and model village in the south of the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0481).
What part of speech is Bournville?
Bournville is a proper noun.

Words near Bournville in the dictionary

  1. bournonite
  2. bournonites
  3. bournous
  4. bournouses
  5. bourns
  6. Bournville
  7. Bourout
  8. Bourouts
  9. bourqa
  10. bourqas
  11. Bourque

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