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Senne

Senne proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Senne (plural Sennes)

  1. A surname
  2. A now partially covered river in Hainaut, Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant, Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium
    Synonyms:
    Zenne
  3. A landscape (heathland) between the pass of Bielefeld and Paderborn
  4. A neighbourhood and district of Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Synonyms of Senne

  • Zenne

Forms of Senne

pluralSennes

Origin of Senne

* As a German surname, spelling variant of Senn. * As a French surname, from Old French sené (“sage, wise”). * As an Italian surname, spelling variant of Senna, from the placenames Senna Lodigiana and Senna Comasco, both possibly from Etruscan 𐌔𐌄𐌌𐌍𐌀 (semna). Also from senna (“cassia plant”), from Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “plant whose leaves has cathartic properties”).

Questions about Senne

What does Senne mean?
Senne means a surname.
What part of speech is Senne?
Senne is a proper noun.

Words near Senne in the dictionary

  1. sennachies
  2. sennachy
  3. Sennan
  4. Sennar
  5. sennas
  6. Senne
  7. Sennecey-le-Grand
  8. sennegrass
  9. Sennen
  10. Sennenhund
  11. Senner

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