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Saltburn

Saltburn is the ellipsis of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

Meaning of Saltburn-by-the-Sea

Proper noun

Saltburn-by-the-Sea

  1. A seaside town in Saltburn, Marske and New Marske parish, Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6621).

Origin of Saltburn

From Old English sealt (“salt”) + burna (“stream”), in reference to the alum found in the area.

Words formed from Saltburn

Questions about Saltburn

What is Saltburn the ellipsis of?
Saltburn is the ellipsis of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

Words near Saltburn in the dictionary

  1. saltbox
  2. saltboxes
  3. saltbridge
  4. saltbridges
  5. saltbrush
  6. Saltburn
  7. Saltburn, Marske and New Marske
  8. Saltburn-by-the-Sea
  9. saltbush
  10. saltbushes
  11. saltcake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Saltburn (page history and authors); Saltburn-by-the-Sea (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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