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Conisbrough

Conisbrough proper noun: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5198).

Proper noun

Conisbrough

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5198).

Origin of Conisbrough

From Old English Cyningesburg, from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort; manor; town”). Doublet of Kingsbury, Kingsberry, Kingsburg, and Kingsburgh. Cf. also Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, Kingsville, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Coningsby, and Conington.

Words formed from Conisbrough

Questions about Conisbrough

What does Conisbrough mean?
Conisbrough means a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5198).
What part of speech is Conisbrough?
Conisbrough is a proper noun.

Words near Conisbrough in the dictionary

  1. conipherophytan
  2. conipherophytans
  3. conirostral
  4. conisation
  5. conisations
  6. Conisbrough
  7. Conisbrough Parks
  8. conisor
  9. conisors
  10. conisphere
  11. conispheres

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