"Spong" meaning in All languages combined

See Spong on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Spongs [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * English topographic surname from Middle English spong (“narrow strip of land”). * Borrowed from Swedish Spong, an ornamental surname from spång (“footbridge, plank”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|spong||narrow strip of land}} Middle English spong (“narrow strip of land”), {{bor|en|sv|Spong}} Swedish Spong Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Spong (plural Spongs)
  1. A surname. Wikipedia link: Spong

Inflected forms

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