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Ongar

Ongar proper noun: a civil parish and post town with a town council in Epping Forest district, Essex, England, the parish includes Chipping Ongar.

Proper noun

Ongar

  1. A civil parish and post town with a town council in Epping Forest district, Essex, England, the parish includes Chipping Ongar.
  2. An outer western suburb of Dublin, Ireland.

Origin of Ongar

Said to be a derivative of Old English wong (“plain, field”), in the sense of "meadow".

Words formed from Ongar

Questions about Ongar

What does Ongar mean?
Ongar means a civil parish and post town with a town council in Epping Forest district, Essex, England, the parish includes Chipping Ongar.
What part of speech is Ongar?
Ongar is a proper noun.

Words near Ongar in the dictionary

  1. Ong Yiu
  2. onga-onga
  3. Ongan
  4. ongang
  5. ongaonga
  6. Ongar
  7. Onge
  8. Ongee
  9. ongezellig
  10. Ongian
  11. onglaze

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