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Colville

Colville proper noun: a surname from Norman.

Proper noun

Colville (countable and uncountable, plural Colvilles)

  1. A surname from Norman.
  2. A small town in Thames-Coromandel district, on the Coromandel Peninsula in Waikato region, New Zealand.
  3. An unincorporated community in Benton County, Arkansas, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Harrison County and Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. A city, the county seat of Stevens County, Washington, United States.

Forms of Colville

pluralColvilles
alternative formColvile

Origin of Colville

Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Colleville, in Normandy, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse kol (“coal”) + the French habitational suffix -ville.

Words formed from Colville

Questions about Colville

What does Colville mean?
Colville means a surname from Norman.
What part of speech is Colville?
Colville is a proper noun.

Words near Colville in the dictionary

  1. Colvards
  2. colvasone
  3. Colver
  4. Colvile
  5. Colviles
  6. Colville
  7. Colvilles
  8. Colvin
  9. Colwall
  10. Colwall Stone
  11. Colwell

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