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Greenlaw

Greenlaw proper noun: a town and civil parish in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT710460).

Proper noun

Greenlaw (countable and uncountable, plural Greenlaws)

  1. A town and civil parish in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT710460).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Greenlaw

pluralGreenlaws

Origin of Greenlaw

From Old English grēne (“green”) + hlǣw (“mountain, mound, hill”).

Questions about Greenlaw

What does Greenlaw mean?
Greenlaw means a town and civil parish in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT710460).
What part of speech is Greenlaw?
Greenlaw is a proper noun.

Words near Greenlaw in the dictionary

  1. Greenlandman
  2. Greenlandmen
  3. Greenlands
  4. greenlash
  5. greenlashes
  6. Greenlaw
  7. Greenlawn
  8. Greenlaws
  9. Greenleaf
  10. Greenlee
  11. Greenlee County

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