"Sowerby" meaning in All languages combined

See Sowerby on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Sowerbys [plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse saurr (“mud, dirt, sour ground”) + bý (“farmstead”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|saurr||mud, dirt, sour ground}} Old Norse saurr (“mud, dirt, sour ground”), {{m|non|bý||farmstead}} bý (“farmstead”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Sowerby (countable and uncountable, plural Sowerbys)
  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    A hamlet in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4738).     Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Lancashire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Lancashire, England
    Sense id: en-Sowerby-en-name-yu2g7bAs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 40 10 38
  2. (uncountable) A placename:
    A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4381).     Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in North Yorkshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in North Yorkshire, England
    Sense id: en-Sowerby-en-name-NVb8LMeQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 40 10 38
  3. (uncountable) A placename:
    A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0423).     Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in West Yorkshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in West Yorkshire, England
    Sense id: en-Sowerby-en-name-kj4~ToSJ
  4. (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Sowerby-en-name-xMgiXQXH Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 40 10 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Inskip-with-Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, Temple Sowerby

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Sowerby meaning in All languages combined (6.9kB)

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