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Tregenna

Tregenna proper noun: a hamlet in Veryan parish, on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9440).

Proper noun

Tregenna (countable and uncountable, plural Tregennas)

  1. A hamlet in Veryan parish, on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9440).
  2. An 18th-century former castle St Ives, Cornwall, now a hotel; in full, Tregenna Castle (OS grid ref SW5139).
  3. A habitational surname from Cornish.

Forms of Tregenna

pluralTregennas

Origin of Tregenna

From Cornish tre (“homestead”) + kensa (“first, foremost”).

Questions about Tregenna

What does Tregenna mean?
Tregenna means a hamlet in Veryan parish, on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9440).
What part of speech is Tregenna?
Tregenna is a proper noun.

Words near Tregenna in the dictionary

  1. Tregeagle
  2. Tregear
  3. Tregears
  4. Tregelles
  5. Tregelleses
  6. Tregenna
  7. Tregennas
  8. treget
  9. tregetour
  10. tregetours
  11. tregetry

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