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Selsey

Selsey proper noun: a coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ8593).

Proper noun

Selsey

  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ8593).

Origin of Selsey

From Old English Sēolesīeġ, from sēolh (“seal”), genitive singular sēoles + īeġ (“island”).

Questions about Selsey

What does Selsey mean?
Selsey means a coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ8593).
What part of speech is Selsey?
Selsey is a proper noun.

Words near Selsey in the dictionary

  1. Selph
  2. Selphs
  3. selprazine
  4. SELS
  5. Selsdon
  6. Selsey
  7. Selside
  8. Selside and Fawcett Forest
  9. SELSIS
  10. Selsor
  11. Selsors

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