Cranborne

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proper noun

A village and civil parish (served by Cranborne and Edmondsham Parish Council) in East Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0513).

OriginOld English cran + burna →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish (served by Cranborne and Edmondsham Parish Council) in East Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0513).

Origin

  1. Old Englishcran + burna
  2. EnglishCranborne

From Old English cran + burna, recorded as Creneburne in 1086 (DB).

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APA

Cranborne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cranborne

MLA

“Cranborne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cranborne. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cranborne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cranborne.

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