Hever

H4E1V4E1R1

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, the location of Hever Castle (OS grid ref TQ4744).

OriginOld English Heanyfre →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, the location of Hever Castle (OS grid ref TQ4744).
  2. A village in Flanders, Belgium.

Origin

  1. Old EnglishHeanyfre
  2. EnglishHever

For the place in England: 'The settlement at the high ridge', from Old English Heanyfre, from hēah (“high”), in the oblique case hēan + *ȳfre (“ridge”), or perhaps the Kentish dialectal variant *ēfre (see ōfer for more). In reference to the site being located atop a hill overlooking the valley of the river Eden. Akin to Highover.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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