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Overstrand

Overstrand proper noun: a coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2440).

Proper noun

Overstrand

  1. A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2440).
  2. A local municipality in Western Cape province, South Africa.

Origin of Overstrand

* In England, from Old English ofer + strand, recorded as Othestranda ^([sic]) in 1086 (DB), and Overstrand in 1231. * In South Africa, basically the same, but probably from Afrikaans or Dutch: compare Dutch over, Afrikaans strand and Dutch strand.

Questions about Overstrand

What does Overstrand mean?
Overstrand means a coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2440).
What part of speech is Overstrand?
Overstrand is a proper noun.

Words near Overstrand in the dictionary

  1. overstrain
  2. overstrained
  3. overstraining
  4. overstraining disease
  5. overstrains
  6. Overstrand
  7. overstrap
  8. overstraps
  9. overstrata
  10. overstratification
  11. overstratified

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Overstrand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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