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Lakenheath

Lakenheath proper noun: a large village in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL7182).

Proper noun

Lakenheath

  1. A large village in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL7182).
    • The foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was responding to a report last week about an item in the 2024 US air force budget for building a dormitory at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk for personnel on a “potential surety mission” – military jargon for nuclear safety and security.2023 September 5, Julian Borger, Andrew Roth, “Return of US nuclear weapons to UK would be an escalation, says Russia”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024

Questions about Lakenheath

What does Lakenheath mean?
Lakenheath means a large village in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL7182).
What part of speech is Lakenheath?
Lakenheath is a proper noun.

Words near Lakenheath in the dictionary

  1. Laken
  2. lakeness
  3. Lakenfelder
  4. Lakenfelders
  5. Lakenham
  6. Lakenheath
  7. Lakenvelder
  8. Lakenvelders
  9. lakeport
  10. lakeports
  11. laker

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