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Scothern

Scothern proper noun: a village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0377).

Proper noun

Scothern (countable and uncountable, plural Scotherns)

  1. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0377).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Scothern

pluralScotherns

Origin of Scothern

From Old English Scottas (“Scots”) + þorn (“thorny bush”).

Questions about Scothern

What does Scothern mean?
Scothern means a village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0377).
What part of speech is Scothern?
Scothern is a proper noun.

Words near Scothern in the dictionary

  1. scotchy
  2. ScotE
  3. scoter
  4. scoters
  5. scotfree
  6. Scothern
  7. Scotherns
  8. scotia
  9. Scotia Sea
  10. Scotian
  11. scotias

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