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Fleetwood

UK/ˈfliːt.wʊd/

Fleetwood proper noun: a coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, founded by Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (OS grid ref SD3348).

Proper noun

Fleetwood

  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, founded by Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (OS grid ref SD3348).
  2. A town centre in the city of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. A neighbourhood of Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, United States.
  4. A borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  5. A surname.
  6. The word used for the 35 in telephone numbers prefixes starting with 35. A corresponding letter for 3 can be an F, and a corresponding letter for 5 can be an L. For example, the phone number 35?-???? could be said as, "Fleetwood ?????". This helps to reduce errors made when exchanging contact information. See Wikipedia article, Telephone exchange names

Origin of Fleetwood

From Old English flēot (“pool, stream”) + wood.

Questions about Fleetwood

What does Fleetwood mean?
Fleetwood means a coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, founded by Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (OS grid ref SD3348).
What part of speech is Fleetwood?
Fleetwood is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Fleetwood?
Fleetwood is pronounced /ˈfliːt.wʊd/ (UK).

Words near Fleetwood in the dictionary

  1. fleets in being
  2. fleets up
  3. fleetside
  4. fleetsides
  5. fleetwide
  6. Fleetwood
  7. fleflecnode
  8. fleflecnodes
  9. fleg
  10. Flegel
  11. Flegels

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