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Countess Wear

Countess Wear proper noun: a suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9489).

Proper noun

Countess Wear

  1. A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9489).

Origin of Countess Wear

From a weir the Countess of Devon had built across the River Exe in the late 13th century, to prevent navigation upriver to Exeter; the weir was later bypassed by a canal. "Wear" or "Weare" is an obsolete variant of "weir".

Questions about Countess Wear

What does Countess Wear mean?
Countess Wear means a suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9489).
What part of speech is Countess Wear?
Countess Wear is a proper noun.

Words near Countess Wear in the dictionary

  1. counterworks
  2. counterworld
  3. counterworlds
  4. countes
  5. countess
  6. Countess Wear
  7. countesse
  8. countesses
  9. countessly
  10. countest
  11. Countesthorpe

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