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Desborough

Desborough proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8083).

Proper noun

Desborough (countable and uncountable, plural Desboroughs)

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8083).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Desborough

pluralDesboroughs
alternative formDisbrow
alternative formDisbrowe

Origin of Desborough

From the Old English personal name Deor + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).

Questions about Desborough

What does Desborough mean?
Desborough means a town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8083).
What part of speech is Desborough?
Desborough is a proper noun.

Words near Desborough in the dictionary

  1. Desautels
  2. desautelsite
  3. desaye
  4. desayes
  5. Desbiens
  6. Desborough
  7. Desboroughs
  8. desc
  9. desc.
  10. descabello
  11. descabellos

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