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Dronfield

Dronfield proper noun: a town and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3578).

Proper noun

Dronfield (countable and uncountable, plural Dronfields)

  1. A town and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3578).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Dronfield

pluralDronfields

Origin of Dronfield

From Old English drān (“drone, male bee”) + feld (“field”).

Questions about Dronfield

What does Dronfield mean?
Dronfield means a town and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3578).
What part of speech is Dronfield?
Dronfield is a proper noun.

Words near Dronfield in the dictionary

  1. droneships
  2. dronesome
  3. Dronespace
  4. droneth
  5. droney
  6. Dronfield
  7. Dronfields
  8. drong
  9. Drongan
  10. drongo
  11. drongo cuckoo

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