Holbrook

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3645).

OriginOld English hol →
Less commonScrabble 17
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Meanings

proper nounHolbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Holbrooks)

plural Holbrooks · alternative Halbrook · alternative Halbrooks

  1. A common placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3645).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Charlton Musgrove parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6828).
    3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1636).
    4. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Navajo County, Arizona.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Oneida County, Idaho.
    6. countableuncountableA town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
    7. countableuncountableA village in Furnas County, Nebraska.
    8. countableuncountableA hamlet and census-designated place in the towns of Brookhaven and Islip, Suffolk County, New York.
    9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Multnomah County, Oregon.
    10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
    11. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
    12. countableuncountableA town in the Greater Hume council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhol“hole; hollow, sunken”
  2. EnglishHolbrook

From Old English hol (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + brōc (“stream, brook”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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