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Southwell

/ˈsʌðəl/UK/ˈsaʊθwɛl/

Southwell proper noun: a town (with a racecourse) and civil parish with a town council in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6953).

Proper noun

Southwell

  1. A town (with a racecourse) and civil parish with a town council in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6953).
  2. A village in Portland parish, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6870).
  3. A settlement in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  4. A surname.

Words formed from Southwell

Questions about Southwell

What does Southwell mean?
Southwell means a town (with a racecourse) and civil parish with a town council in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6953).
What part of speech is Southwell?
Southwell is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Southwell?
Southwell is pronounced /ˈsaʊθwɛl/ (UK).

Words near Southwell in the dictionary

  1. southward equinoxes
  2. southwardly
  3. southwards
  4. Southwark
  5. Southwater
  6. Southwell
  7. Southwellian
  8. southwest
  9. Southwest Asia
  10. Southwest Asian
  11. Southwest Asians

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