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Twycross

Twycross proper noun: a village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3305).

twycross: a village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref...
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Proper noun

Twycross

  1. A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3305).

Origin of Twycross

Recorded as Tvicros in 1086 (DB), from Old English twī + cros.

Questions about Twycross

What does Twycross mean?
Twycross means a village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3305).
What part of speech is Twycross?
Twycross is a proper noun.

Words near Twycross in the dictionary

  1. twy-
  2. twybil
  3. twybils
  4. twyblade
  5. twyblades
  6. Twycross
  7. Twydell
  8. twyer
  9. twyere
  10. twyeres
  11. twyers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Twycross (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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