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Dinsdale

Dinsdale proper noun: a railway station in Middleton St George, Darlington borough, County Durham, England, which was named after a village now named Low Dinsdale (OS grid ref NZ3413).

Proper noun

Dinsdale (countable and uncountable, plural Dinsdales)

  1. A railway station in Middleton St George, Darlington borough, County Durham, England, which was named after a village now named Low Dinsdale (OS grid ref NZ3413).
  2. A suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Dinsdale

pluralDinsdales

Origin of Dinsdale

From the Old English personal name *Dyttīn + -s- + healh (“corner, nook, recess”).

Words formed from Dinsdale

Questions about Dinsdale

What does Dinsdale mean?
Dinsdale means a railway station in Middleton St George, Darlington borough, County Durham, England, which was named after a village now named Low Dinsdale (OS grid ref NZ3413).
What part of speech is Dinsdale?
Dinsdale is a proper noun.

Words near Dinsdale in the dictionary

  1. dinoxides
  2. dinoxyline
  3. DINP
  4. dinq
  5. dins
  6. Dinsdale
  7. Dinsdales
  8. Dinsmore
  9. dinsome
  10. dint
  11. dintcha

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