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Hever

Hever proper noun: a village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, the location of Hever Castle (OS grid ref TQ4744).

Proper noun

Hever

  1. A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, the location of Hever Castle (OS grid ref TQ4744).
  2. A village in Flanders, Belgium.

Origin of Hever

For the place in England: 'The settlement at the high ridge', from Old English Heanyfre, from hēah (“high”), in the oblique case hēan + *ȳfre (“ridge”), or perhaps the Kentish dialectal variant *ēfre (see ōfer for more). In reference to the site being located atop a hill overlooking the valley of the river Eden. Akin to Highover.

Questions about Hever

What does Hever mean?
Hever means a village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, the location of Hever Castle (OS grid ref TQ4744).
What part of speech is Hever?
Hever is a proper noun.

Words near Hever in the dictionary

  1. Hevellian
  2. Hevellians
  3. Hevener
  4. Heveners
  5. hevenly
  6. Hever
  7. Heverly
  8. Heverlys
  9. Heversham
  10. hevery
  11. Heves

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