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Swineshead

Swineshead proper noun: a small village and civil parish (served by Pertenhall and Swineshead Parish Council) in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0565).

Proper noun

Swineshead

  1. A small village and civil parish (served by Pertenhall and Swineshead Parish Council) in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0565).
  2. A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2340).

Origin of Swineshead

Inherited from Middle English Swynesheved, Swynesheed, from Old English *Swīneshēafod, from swīnes (“pig's”) + hēafod (“head”); compare Old Italian Suinsivede. The euphemistic forms Swanshead and Swayneshead were known in Early Modern English.

Questions about Swineshead

What does Swineshead mean?
Swineshead means a small village and civil parish (served by Pertenhall and Swineshead Parish Council) in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0565).
What part of speech is Swineshead?
Swineshead is a proper noun.

Words near Swineshead in the dictionary

  1. swinepox
  2. swineries
  3. Swinerton
  4. swinery
  5. swines
  6. Swineshead
  7. swinesties
  8. swinestone
  9. swinestones
  10. swinesty
  11. Swinethorpe

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