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Cornhill

Cornhill proper noun: a ward and street in the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3281).

Proper noun

Cornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Cornhills)

  1. A ward and street in the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3281).
  2. A suburb of Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9107).
  3. A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5858).
  4. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Cornhill

pluralCornhills

Origin of Cornhill

From Old English corn (“corn”) + hyll (“hill”).

Questions about Cornhill

What does Cornhill mean?
Cornhill means a ward and street in the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3281).
What part of speech is Cornhill?
Cornhill is a proper noun.

Words near Cornhill in the dictionary

  1. Corngold
  2. Corngolds
  3. corngrower
  4. corngrowers
  5. corngrowing
  6. Cornhill
  7. Cornhill-on-Tweed
  8. Cornhills
  9. cornhole
  10. cornholed
  11. cornholes

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