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Whittlesey

Whittlesey proper noun: a market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).

Proper noun

Whittlesey (countable and uncountable, plural Whittleseys)

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Whittlesey

pluralWhittleseys
alternative formWhittlesea
alternative formWhitsey

Origin of Whittlesey

From the Old English personal name *Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

Questions about Whittlesey

What does Whittlesey mean?
Whittlesey means a market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).
What part of speech is Whittlesey?
Whittlesey is a proper noun.

Words near Whittlesey in the dictionary

  1. whittles
  2. whittles down
  3. whittles down to size
  4. whittles the whalebone
  5. Whittlesea
  6. Whittlesey
  7. Whittleseys
  8. Whittlesford
  9. Whittlestone
  10. whittling
  11. whittling down

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