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kirkgarth

kirkgarth noun: a churchyard.

Noun

kirkgarth (plural kirkgarths)

  1. (Northern England, dialectal) A churchyard.

Forms of kirkgarth

pluralkirkgarths

Origin of kirkgarth

From Middle English kyrkgarth; equivalent to kirk + garth. Directly cognate to Danish Kierkegaard, kirkegård, Faroese kirkjugarður, Icelandic kirkjugarður, Norwegian Bokmål kirkegård, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkjegård, and Swedish kyrkogård.

Questions about kirkgarth

What does kirkgarth mean?
Kirkgarth means a churchyard.
What part of speech is kirkgarth?
Kirkgarth is a noun.
What is the plural of kirkgarth?
The plural of kirkgarth is kirkgarths.

Words near kirkgarth in the dictionary

  1. Kirkendolls
  2. Kirkenes
  3. Kirker
  4. Kirkers
  5. Kirkfield
  6. kirkgarth
  7. kirkgarths
  8. kirkgoer
  9. kirkgoers
  10. Kirkgunzeon
  11. Kirkham

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