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Mellanby

Mellanby proper noun: a surname from Old Norse.

Proper noun

Mellanby (plural Mellanbys)

  1. A surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Mellanby

pluralMellanbys

Origin of Mellanby

Habitational surname from a lost village in England, from an unclear first element + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).

Words formed from Mellanby

Questions about Mellanby

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

Words near Mellanby in the dictionary

  1. mell of a hess
  2. Mella
  3. Mellado
  4. Mellados
  5. mellaginous
  6. Mellanby
  7. Mellanby effect
  8. Mellanbys
  9. Mellarose
  10. mellasses
  11. mellate

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