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Corbridge

Corbridge proper noun: a village and civil parish in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9964).

Proper noun

Corbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Corbridges)

  1. A village and civil parish in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9964).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Corbridge

pluralCorbridges

Origin of Corbridge

From Old English Corebricg, from a shortened form of Corchester (“a nearby city”) + Old English bryċġ (“bridge”).

Questions about Corbridge

What does Corbridge mean?
Corbridge means a village and civil parish in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9964).
What part of speech is Corbridge?
Corbridge is a proper noun.

Words near Corbridge in the dictionary

  1. Corble
  2. corblimey
  3. Corbo
  4. Corbos
  5. corbovinum
  6. Corbridge
  7. Corbridges
  8. corbs
  9. Corbu
  10. corbular
  11. corbulid

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