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Glenridding

Glenridding proper noun: a village in Patterdale parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district.

Proper noun

Glenridding

  1. A village in Patterdale parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district.
  2. A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Origin of Glenridding

From Cumbric *glınn or *glenn + *redınn; equivalent to Welsh glynn (“valley”) + rhedyn (“bracken”). The second element shows influenced from Middle English ridding (“clearing”).

Questions about Glenridding

What does Glenridding mean?
Glenridding means a village in Patterdale parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district.
What part of speech is Glenridding?
Glenridding is a proper noun.

Words near Glenridding in the dictionary

  1. glenospheres
  2. glenosporosis
  3. Glenpatrick
  4. Glenquarry
  5. Glenreagh
  6. Glenridding
  7. Glenrock
  8. Glenrothes
  9. Glenrowan
  10. Glenrowan West
  11. Glenroy

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