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Urmston

Urmston proper noun: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7594).

Proper noun

Urmston (countable and uncountable, plural Urmstons)

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7594).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English

Forms of Urmston

pluralUrmstons

Origin of Urmston

From the Old English personal name *Wyrm + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Urmston

What does Urmston mean?
Urmston means a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7594).
What part of speech is Urmston?
Urmston is a proper noun.

Words near Urmston in the dictionary

  1. Urmian
  2. Urmians
  3. Urmila
  4. URMs
  5. Urmson
  6. Urmston
  7. Urmstons
  8. urn
  9. urn moss
  10. urn mosses
  11. Urn of Fate

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