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Stickney

Stickney proper noun: a linear village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TL3456).

Proper noun

Stickney (countable and uncountable, plural Stickneys)

  1. A linear village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TL3456).
  2. A community in New Brunswick, Canada.
  3. A village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Barton County, Kansas, United States.
  5. A town in Aurora County, South Dakota, United States.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Stickney

pluralStickneys

Origin of Stickney

From Old English sticca (“stick; long strip of land”) + īeġ (“island”).

Questions about Stickney

What does Stickney mean?
Stickney means a linear village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TL3456).
What part of speech is Stickney?
Stickney is a proper noun.

Words near Stickney in the dictionary

  1. Stickling Green
  2. sticklings
  3. stickly
  4. stickman
  5. stickmen
  6. Stickney
  7. Stickneys
  8. stickout
  9. stickouts
  10. stickpeople
  11. stickperson

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