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Colne

/koʊln/

Colne proper noun: a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3776).

Proper noun

Colne

  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3776).
  2. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8940).
  3. A river, known as Colne Water, which flows through the town of Colne, Lancashire, and joins Pendle Water.
  4. A river in West Yorkshire, which flows into the River Calder near Mirfield.
  5. A river in Hertfordshire, Greater London, Buckinghamshire and Surrey, which flows into the River Thames at Staines.
  6. A river in Essex, which flows into an estuary at Brightlingsea.

Words formed from Colne

Questions about Colne

What does Colne mean?
Colne means a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3776).
What part of speech is Colne?
Colne is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Colne?
Colne is pronounced /koʊln/.

Words near Colne in the dictionary

  1. Colmworth
  2. Coln
  3. Coln St Dennis
  4. Colnbrook
  5. Colnbrook with Poyle
  6. Colne
  7. Colne Bridge
  8. Colney Hatch
  9. colo
  10. colo esophagoplasty
  11. Colo Heights

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