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Spithead

Spithead proper noun: a sea area in the Solent, southern England, between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

Proper noun

Spithead

  1. A sea area in the Solent, southern England, between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

Origin of Spithead

From spit (“sandy peninsula”) + head.

Questions about Spithead

What does Spithead mean?
Spithead means a sea area in the Solent, southern England, between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
What part of speech is Spithead?
Spithead is a proper noun.

Words near Spithead in the dictionary

  1. spitful
  2. spitfuls
  3. Spithaler
  4. spithamai
  5. spithame
  6. Spithead
  7. spithole
  8. spitholes
  9. spithood
  10. spithoods
  11. spiting

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