Sunninghill

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proper noun

A large village in Sunninghill and Ascot parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9367).

OriginOld English hyll →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A large village in Sunninghill and Ascot parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9367).
  2. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhyll
  2. EnglishSunninghill

In Berkshire, recorded as Sunningehull in 1190, the hill of followers of Sunna, hence Sunningas + Old English hyll.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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