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Goldthorpe

Goldthorpe proper noun: a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4604).

Proper noun

Goldthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Goldthorpes)

  1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4604).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Goldthorpe

pluralGoldthorpes
alternative formGoldthorp

Origin of Goldthorpe

From the Old English personal name Golda + þorp (“village”).

Questions about Goldthorpe

What does Goldthorpe mean?
Goldthorpe means a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4604).
What part of speech is Goldthorpe?
Goldthorpe is a proper noun.

Words near Goldthorpe in the dictionary

  1. goldtail
  2. goldtail moth
  3. goldtail moths
  4. goldthioglucose
  5. Goldthorp
  6. Goldthorpe
  7. Goldthorpes
  8. Goldthorps
  9. goldthread
  10. goldthreads
  11. Goldthwaite

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