Colburn

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proper noun

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2098).

OriginOld English cōl →
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Meanings

proper nounColburn (countable and uncountable, plural Colburns)

plural Colburns

  1. uncountableA small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2098).
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Washington Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Union Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
    3. countableuncountableA town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
    4. countableuncountableA town and unincorporated community therein, in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
  3. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishcōl“cool”
  2. EnglishColburn

From Old English cōl (“cool”) + burna (“stream”).

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APA

Colburn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Colburn

MLA

“Colburn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Colburn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Colburn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Colburn.

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