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Percy Main

Percy Main proper noun: a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3367).

Proper noun

Percy Main

  1. A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3367).

Origin of Percy Main

Named after a colliery belonging to the Percy family, "Main" referring to what was called the main seam (of coal).

Questions about Percy Main

What does Percy Main mean?
Percy Main means a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3367).
What part of speech is Percy Main?
Percy Main is a proper noun.

Words near Percy Main in the dictionary

  1. percutient
  2. percutients
  3. percuting
  4. percy
  5. Percy boy
  6. Percy Main
  7. Percydale
  8. percylite
  9. percyquinnin
  10. Percé
  11. perdendo

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