Etymology

Goosnargh

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Preston district, Lancashire, England; most of the village is in Whittingham parish (OS grid ref SD5536). Full definition →

Old Irish Gosan ← Old Norse erg
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromerg“hill-pasture”
  2. Old Irish · derived fromGosan
  3. English todayGoosnargh

From Old Irish Gosan or Gusan (“a given name”) and Old Norse erg (“hill-pasture”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norseerg all →

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