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Breedon on the Hill

Breedon on the Hill proper noun: a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4022).

Proper noun

Breedon on the Hill

  1. A village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4022).
    • The great age of the village is apparent even in the tautology of its name. Bre means 'hill' in the Celtic tongue of the pre-Roman Britons, dun means the same thing in Anglo-Saxon, Hill hill-on-the-Hill, in fact.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 87, Breedon on the Hill

Origin of Breedon on the Hill

See Breedon.

Questions about Breedon on the Hill

What does Breedon on the Hill mean?
Breedon on the Hill means a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4022).
What part of speech is Breedon on the Hill?
Breedon on the Hill is a proper noun.

Words near Breedon on the Hill in the dictionary

  1. breedist
  2. breedists
  3. Breedlove
  4. Breedloves
  5. Breedon
  6. Breedon on the Hill
  7. Breedons
  8. breeds
  9. breeds in the bone
  10. breeds like rabbits
  11. breeds true

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