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Colebrooke

Colebrooke proper noun: a village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7700).

Proper noun

Colebrooke (countable and uncountable, plural Colebrookes)

  1. A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7700).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Colebrooke

pluralColebrookes
alternative formColebrook

Origin of Colebrooke

From Old English cald (“cold”) + brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”).

Questions about Colebrooke

What does Colebrooke mean?
Colebrooke means a village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7700).
What part of speech is Colebrooke?
Colebrooke is a proper noun.

Words near Colebrooke in the dictionary

  1. Colebeck
  2. Colebecks
  3. Colebee
  4. colebrin
  5. Colebrook
  6. Colebrooke
  7. Colebrookes
  8. colecalciferol
  9. colecannon
  10. colectivo
  11. colectivos

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