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Hornsea

Hornsea proper noun: a coastal town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2047).

Proper noun

Hornsea

  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2047).

Origin of Hornsea

From Old English hornes (“horn's”) + ēa (“river”).

Questions about Hornsea

What does Hornsea mean?
Hornsea means a coastal town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA2047).
What part of speech is Hornsea?
Hornsea is a proper noun.

Words near Hornsea in the dictionary

  1. horns of plenty
  2. horns out
  3. Hornsby
  4. Hornsby Heights
  5. Hornsbys
  6. Hornsea
  7. Hornsey
  8. hornsful
  9. hornshark
  10. hornsharks
  11. hornsman

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