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Charnwood

Charnwood proper noun: a local government district with borough status in Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Loughborough; it was named after Charnwood Forest.

Proper noun

Charnwood

  1. A local government district with borough status in Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Loughborough; it was named after Charnwood Forest.
  2. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Questions about Charnwood

What does Charnwood mean?
Charnwood means a local government district with borough status in Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Loughborough; it was named after Charnwood Forest.
What part of speech is Charnwood?
Charnwood is a proper noun.

Words near Charnwood in the dictionary

  1. Charnock
  2. charnockite
  3. charnockites
  4. charnockitic
  5. Charnocks
  6. Charnwood
  7. Charné
  8. Charo
  9. charoite
  10. charoites
  11. Charolais

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