Westbourne
UK/ˈwestbɔːn/US/ˈwestbɔːɹn/
Westbourne proper noun: a river, the River Westbourne in London, England, which is now placed underground.
Proper noun
Westbourne
- A river, the River Westbourne in London, England, which is now placed underground.
- The river carried in the pipe at Sloane Square is the Westbourne, and the pipe is said to shake in a rainstorm. Behind one of the innocent-looking doors on the platform at Sloane Square is a horizontal metal grille, beneath which is a pump, working away in the seething tributaries of the Westbourne.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 31
- An area of the borough of the City of Westminster, Greater London near Bayswater and Paddington (OS grid ref TQ2581). Another name used here is Westbourne Park.
- A suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0791).
- A suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1445).
- A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7507).
- A community in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.
Origin of Westbourne
From Old English west + burna (“bourne”).
Words that rhyme with Westbourne
Questions about Westbourne
- What does Westbourne mean?
- Westbourne means a river, the River Westbourne in London, England, which is now placed underground.
- What part of speech is Westbourne?
- Westbourne is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Westbourne?
- Westbourne is pronounced /ˈwestbɔːn/ (UK).
Words near Westbourne in the dictionary
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