Etymology

Foxhall

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Today it means: A townland west of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. Full definition →

Old English foxhol
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromfoxhol“foxhole”
  2. English todayFoxhall

The Suffolk place-name is from Old English foxhol (“foxhole”). The Kirkliston place-name is a calque from Cumbric (compare Carlowrie).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfoxhol all →

foxhole

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