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Newburn

Newburn proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Newburn (countable and uncountable, plural Newburns)

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, west of the city and on the north bank of the Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1665).
  3. A civil parish of Fife, Scotland.

Forms of Newburn

pluralNewburns

Origin of Newburn

The place-name in Newcastle upon Tyne is from Old English nīwe (“new”) + burh (“fortress”). The second element was later substituted for burn (“stream”). The Fife place-name was historically Nithbren (1150). Possibly from Pictish, perhaps from *Nith, an ethnonym, with a cognate of Welsh bryn (“hill”) or Welsh pren (“tree”).

Questions about Newburn

What does Newburn mean?
Newburn means a surname.
What part of speech is Newburn?
Newburn is a proper noun.

Words near Newburn in the dictionary

  1. newbuild
  2. newbuilding
  3. newbuilds
  4. newbuilt
  5. Newburgh
  6. Newburn
  7. Newburns
  8. Newbury
  9. Newbury Park
  10. Newburyport
  11. Newby

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