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Inskip

Inskip proper noun: a village in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4637).

Proper noun

Inskip (countable and uncountable, plural Inskips)

  1. A village in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4637).
  2. A habitational surname.

Forms of Inskip

pluralInskips

Origin of Inskip

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs (“island”) + Old English cȳpe (“osier-basket, especially for catching fish”).

Words formed from Inskip

Questions about Inskip

What does Inskip mean?
Inskip means a village in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4637).
What part of speech is Inskip?
Inskip is a proper noun.

Words near Inskip in the dictionary

  1. insition
  2. insitions
  3. insizwaite
  4. Inskeep
  5. Inskeeps
  6. Inskip
  7. Inskip-with-Sowerby
  8. Inskips
  9. inslave
  10. inslaved
  11. inslaver

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