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Whitherne

Whitherne is the obsolete spelling of Whithorn.

Meaning of Whithorn

Proper noun

Whithorn

  1. A small town or royal burgh in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX4540).

Questions about Whitherne

What is Whitherne the obsolete spelling of?
Whitherne is the obsolete spelling of Whithorn.

Words near Whitherne in the dictionary

  1. whither
  2. whither away
  3. whithered
  4. whitherever
  5. whithering
  6. Whitherne
  7. whithers
  8. whitherso
  9. whithersoever
  10. whitherto
  11. whithertofore

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Whitherne (page history and authors); Whithorn (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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