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Yanwath

Yanwath proper noun: a small village in Yanwath and Eamont Bridge parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5127).

Proper noun

Yanwath

  1. A small village in Yanwath and Eamont Bridge parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5127).

Origin of Yanwath

Uncertain; from Middle English Euenewit (1150). Possibly Old Norse jafn (“even, level”) + viðr (“wood”), possibly a Scandinavianised form derived from the cognates Old English efn + wudu and thus a doublet of Evenwood.

Phrases with Yanwath

Questions about Yanwath

What does Yanwath mean?
Yanwath means a small village in Yanwath and Eamont Bridge parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5127).
What part of speech is Yanwath?
Yanwath is a proper noun.

Words near Yanwath in the dictionary

  1. Yantzes
  2. Yanukovich
  3. Yanukovych
  4. Yanuwa
  5. Yanvarske
  6. Yanwath
  7. Yanwath and Eamont Bridge
  8. yanways
  9. Yanworth
  10. yanyuedao
  11. Yanyula

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