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Pendle

UK/ˈpɛndəl/

Pendle proper noun: a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England.

Proper noun

Pendle

  1. A local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England.
  2. A river in Pendle borough, Lancashire, known as Pendle Water, which flows into the River Calder (tributary of the Ribble).
  3. A surname.

Origin of Pendle

From Proto-Brythonic *penn ("head, top") + Old English hyll (“hill”).

Words formed from Pendle

Questions about Pendle

What does Pendle mean?
Pendle means a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England.
What part of speech is Pendle?
Pendle is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pendle?
Pendle is pronounced /ˈpɛndəl/ (UK).

Words near Pendle in the dictionary

  1. Pendine
  2. pending
  3. Pendino
  4. Pendlay row
  5. Pendlay rows
  6. Pendle
  7. Pendle Hill
  8. Pendlebury
  9. Pendleian
  10. Pendleton
  11. Pendleton County

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