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Fishburn

Fishburn proper noun: a village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ364321).

Proper noun

Fishburn (countable and uncountable, plural Fishburns)

  1. A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ364321).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Fishburn

pluralFishburns
alternative formFishbourn
alternative formFishbourne
alternative formFishburne

Origin of Fishburn

From Old English fisċ (“fish”) + burna (“stream”).

Questions about Fishburn

What does Fishburn mean?
Fishburn means a village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ364321).
What part of speech is Fishburn?
Fishburn is a proper noun.

Words near Fishburn in the dictionary

  1. fishboy
  2. fishboys
  3. fishbrained
  4. fishburger
  5. fishburgers
  6. Fishburn
  7. Fishburne
  8. Fishburnes
  9. Fishburns
  10. fishcake
  11. fishcakes

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