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Unsworth

Unsworth proper noun: a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD814470).

Proper noun

Unsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Unsworths)

  1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD814470).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Unsworth

pluralUnsworths

Origin of Unsworth

From the Old English personal name *Hund, a byname from hund (“hound, dog”), + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). The loss of the initial "h" sound is a typical feature of Lancashire placenames.

Questions about Unsworth

What does Unsworth mean?
Unsworth means a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD814470).
What part of speech is Unsworth?
Unsworth is a proper noun.

Words near Unsworth in the dictionary

  1. unswollen
  2. unswooning
  3. unsworded
  4. unswore
  5. unsworn
  6. Unsworth
  7. Unsworths
  8. unswung
  9. unsycophantic
  10. unsyllabic
  11. unsyllabifiable

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