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Haverhill

/ˈheɪvɹɪl/UK/ˈheɪvəhɪl/

Haverhill proper noun: a market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district, on the border with Essex (OS grid ref TL6745).

Proper noun

Haverhill

  1. A market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district, on the border with Essex (OS grid ref TL6745).
  2. A town in Palm Beach County, Florida.
  3. A small city in Marshall County, Iowa.
  4. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas.
  5. A city in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  6. A township in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
  7. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
  8. An unincorporated community in Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio.

Origin of Haverhill

From either Old English *hæfera (“oats”) or hæfer (“billy (goat)”) + hyll (“hill”).

Words formed from Haverhill

Questions about Haverhill

What does Haverhill mean?
Haverhill means a market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district, on the border with Essex (OS grid ref TL6745).
What part of speech is Haverhill?
Haverhill is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Haverhill?
Haverhill is pronounced /ˈheɪvəhɪl/ (UK).

Words near Haverhill in the dictionary

  1. haverel
  2. haverels
  3. Haverford
  4. Haverfordwest
  5. Havergal
  6. Haverhill
  7. Haverhill fever
  8. Haveri
  9. haverim
  10. havering
  11. Haverkamp

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