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Standedge

Standedge proper noun: a moorland escarpment in the Pennines, between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, England, which lends its name to the Standedge Tunnels (OS grid ref SE0110).

Proper noun

Standedge

  1. A moorland escarpment in the Pennines, between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, England, which lends its name to the Standedge Tunnels (OS grid ref SE0110).

Questions about Standedge

What does Standedge mean?
Standedge means a moorland escarpment in the Pennines, between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, England, which lends its name to the Standedge Tunnels (OS grid ref SE0110).
What part of speech is Standedge?
Standedge is a proper noun.

Words near Standedge in the dictionary

  1. standbying
  2. standbys
  3. standdown
  4. standdowns
  5. standed
  6. Standedge
  7. standee
  8. standees
  9. Standefer
  10. Standefers
  11. standel

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