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Cornhill-on-Tweed

Cornhill-on-Tweed proper noun: a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the border with Scotland (OS grid ref NT8639).

Proper noun

Cornhill-on-Tweed

  1. A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the border with Scotland (OS grid ref NT8639).

Origin of Cornhill-on-Tweed

From a metathesized form of Old English cran (“crane”) + healh (“nook of land”).

Questions about Cornhill-on-Tweed

What does Cornhill-on-Tweed mean?
Cornhill-on-Tweed means a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the border with Scotland (OS grid ref NT8639).
What part of speech is Cornhill-on-Tweed?
Cornhill-on-Tweed is a proper noun.

Words near Cornhill-on-Tweed in the dictionary

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

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