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Penshaw

Penshaw proper noun: a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3253).

Proper noun

Penshaw

  1. A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3253).

Origin of Penshaw

Historically Pencher. From Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Cumbric *cerr, plural of Cumbric *carr (“rocks”).

Questions about Penshaw

What does Penshaw mean?
Penshaw means a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3253).
What part of speech is Penshaw?
Penshaw is a proper noun.

Words near Penshaw in the dictionary

  1. penseroso
  2. penserosos
  3. Penses
  4. Pensford
  5. pensful
  6. Penshaw
  7. penship
  8. Penshurst
  9. pensil
  10. pensile
  11. pensileness

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