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Cranwell

Cranwell proper noun: a village in Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0350).

Proper noun

Cranwell

  1. A village in Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0350).

Origin of Cranwell

From Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + wella (“spring”), 'the spring frequented by cranes'.

Questions about Cranwell

What does Cranwell mean?
Cranwell means a village in Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0350).
What part of speech is Cranwell?
Cranwell is a proper noun.

Words near Cranwell in the dictionary

  1. crantinis
  2. Crantock
  3. Crantor
  4. crants
  5. crantses
  6. Cranwell
  7. Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap
  8. cranze
  9. cranzes
  10. CRAO
  11. crap

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