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Hindmarsh

Hindmarsh proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Hindmarsh (countable and uncountable, plural Hindmarshes)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
  3. A local government area in western Victoria, Australia; in full, the Shire of Hindmarsh.

Forms of Hindmarsh

pluralHindmarshes

Origin of Hindmarsh

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from Old English hindan (“behind”) + mersċ (“marsh”). Australian places were named after John Hindmarsh.

Questions about Hindmarsh

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

Words near Hindmarsh in the dictionary

  1. Hindman's theorem
  2. Hindmans
  3. hindmargin
  4. hindmarginal
  5. hindmargins
  6. Hindmarsh
  7. Hindmarshes
  8. hindmilk
  9. hindmilks
  10. hindmost
  11. hindneck

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