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Wadebridge

Wadebridge proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9972).

Proper noun

Wadebridge

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9972).

Origin of Wadebridge

From Old English wæd (“ford”) (whence wath) + bridge. Originally named Wade, as the River Camel had to be waded here until a bridge was built in 1468.

Questions about Wadebridge

What does Wadebridge mean?
Wadebridge means a town and civil parish with a town council in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9972).
What part of speech is Wadebridge?
Wadebridge is a proper noun.

Words near Wadebridge in the dictionary

  1. Wade-Dahl-Till shunts
  2. Wade-Dahl-Till valve
  3. Wade-Dahl-Till valves
  4. Wade-Giles
  5. wadeable
  6. Wadebridge
  7. waded
  8. waded in
  9. waded through
  10. wadeite
  11. Wadena

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