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Brisco

Brisco proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Brisco (countable and uncountable, plural Briscos)

  1. A surname.
  2. A hamlet in St Cuthbert Without parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4251).

Forms of Brisco

pluralBriscos

Origin of Brisco

From Old English birċe (“birch”) + sceaga (“thicket”), Scandinavianised with the Old Norse cognates birkja + skógr.

Questions about Brisco

What does Brisco mean?
Brisco means a surname.
What part of speech is Brisco?
Brisco is a proper noun.

Words near Brisco in the dictionary

  1. Brisbin
  2. Brisbins
  3. Brisbois
  4. Brisbon
  5. Brisbons
  6. Brisco
  7. Briscoe
  8. Briscoe County
  9. Briscoes
  10. briscola
  11. Briscos

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