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Sharland

Sharland proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Sharland (plural Sharlands)

  1. A surname from Old English.
    • The engineer of the line, a young Tasmanian named Sharland, decided the best course would be to take the new railway along a chain of four deep valleys. [...].1939 July, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: 1. Settle and Carlisle, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 37

Forms of Sharland

pluralSharlands

Origin of Sharland

Topographic surname for someone who lived at the shorn or separated land, from Old English sċieran (“to cut, shear”) + land.

Questions about Sharland

What does Sharland mean?
Sharland means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Sharland?
Sharland is a proper noun.

Words near Sharland in the dictionary

  1. sharksuckers
  2. sharktopus
  3. sharkwatching
  4. sharky
  5. Sharla
  6. Sharland
  7. Sharlands
  8. Sharlene
  9. Sharlet
  10. Sharlets
  11. Sharlow

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