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Fulwood

Fulwood proper noun: a habitational surname.

Proper noun

Fulwood (countable and uncountable, plural Fulwoods)

  1. A habitational surname.
  2. A town in the north of the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5332).
  3. An outer suburb in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3085).

Forms of Fulwood

pluralFulwoods

Origin of Fulwood

From Middle English Fulewde, from Old English fūl (“dirty, foul”), definite form fūla + wudu (“wood”), 'the dirty wood'. The first element could possibly otherwise come from fugol (“bird, fowl”), thus 'wood where fowling takes place'.

Questions about Fulwood

What does Fulwood mean?
Fulwood means a habitational surname.
What part of speech is Fulwood?
Fulwood is a proper noun.

Words near Fulwood in the dictionary

  1. Fulwell
  2. Fulwider
  3. Fulwiders
  4. Fulwiler
  5. Fulwilers
  6. Fulwood
  7. Fulwoods
  8. fum
  9. fumacious
  10. fumadiddle
  11. fumadiddles

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