Cranmore

C3R1A1N1M3O1R1E1

proper noun

A settlement in Shalfleet parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3990).

OriginOld English cran →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A settlement in Shalfleet parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3990).
  2. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6643).
  3. A housing estate of Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland.

Origin

  1. Old Englishcran“crane”
  2. EnglishCranmore

# For the place in the Isle of Wight: from Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + mōr (“marsh”), 'cranes' marsh'. # For the place in Somerset: from Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + mere (“pool”), 'cranes' pool'.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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