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Bovey Tracey

Bovey Tracey proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8178).

Proper noun

Bovey Tracey

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8178).

Forms of Bovey Tracey

alternative formBovey

Origin of Bovey Tracey

Named after the River Bovey and the de Tracey (or de Tracy) family.

Words formed from Bovey Tracey

Questions about Bovey Tracey

What does Bovey Tracey mean?
Bovey Tracey means a town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8178).
What part of speech is Bovey Tracey?
Bovey Tracey is a proper noun.

Words near Bovey Tracey in the dictionary

  1. Bovell
  2. Bovells
  3. Boves
  4. Bovey
  5. bovey coal
  6. Bovey Tracey
  7. bovial
  8. bovichthyid
  9. bovichthyids
  10. bovichtid
  11. bovichtids

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