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Quarmby

Quarmby proper noun: a suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1116).

Proper noun

Quarmby (countable and uncountable, plural Quarmbys)

  1. A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1116).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Quarmby

pluralQuarmbys
alternative formWharmby

Origin of Quarmby

From Old Norse kvern (“millstone; quern, handmill”) + býr (“farmstead”).

Questions about Quarmby

What does Quarmby mean?
Quarmby means a suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1116).
What part of speech is Quarmby?
Quarmby is a proper noun.

Words near Quarmby in the dictionary

  1. quarle
  2. quarles
  3. Quarleses
  4. Quarlesian
  5. quarls
  6. Quarmby
  7. Quarmbys
  8. Quarndon
  9. Quarpel
  10. quarre
  11. quarred

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