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Grasmere

Grasmere proper noun: a village next to a lake of the same name in Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref NY3307).

Proper noun

Grasmere

  1. A village next to a lake of the same name in Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref NY3307).
  2. A suburb in the Macarthur Region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
  4. A hamlet in the Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.
  5. An unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.
  6. A neighbourhood of Staten Island, New York, United States.
  7. A neighbourhood of Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

Origin of Grasmere

From Old English græs (“grass”) + mere (“lake”); "the lake with grassy shores".

Questions about Grasmere

What does Grasmere mean?
Grasmere means a village next to a lake of the same name in Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref NY3307).
What part of speech is Grasmere?
Grasmere is a proper noun.

Words near Grasmere in the dictionary

  1. Grases
  2. Grasia
  3. Grasias
  4. grasive
  5. grasively
  6. Grasmere
  7. Grasmick
  8. Grasmicks
  9. Grasonville
  10. grasp
  11. grasp all, lose all

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