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Hilburn

Hilburn proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Hilburn (countable and uncountable, plural Hilburns)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. An unincorporated community in Castro County, Texas, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.

Forms of Hilburn

pluralHilburns
alternative formHilbun

Origin of Hilburn

Habitational surname from a now lost place, from Old English hyll (“hill”) + burne (“brook, stream”).

Questions about Hilburn

What does Hilburn mean?
Hilburn means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Hilburn?
Hilburn is a proper noun.

Words near Hilburn in the dictionary

  1. Hilbertian
  2. Hilborn
  3. Hilborns
  4. Hilbun
  5. Hilbuns
  6. Hilburn
  7. Hilburns
  8. hilch
  9. hilched
  10. hilches
  11. hilching

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