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Swinburne

Swinburne proper noun: a habitational surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Swinburne (countable and uncountable, plural Swinburnes)

  1. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. (uncountable) A village in the Free State province, South Africa.

Forms of Swinburne

pluralSwinburnes
alternative formSwinbourn
alternative formSwinbourne
alternative formSwinburn

Origin of Swinburne

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Chollerton, Northumberland, from Old English swīn (“pig, swine”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

Words formed from Swinburne

Questions about Swinburne

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

Words near Swinburne in the dictionary

  1. Swinbourne
  2. Swinbournes
  3. Swinbrook
  4. Swinbrook and Widford
  5. Swinburn
  6. Swinburne
  7. Swinburnean
  8. Swinburnes
  9. Swinburnesque
  10. Swinburnian
  11. Swinburns

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