Woodborough

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Gedling district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6347).

OriginOld English widu →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Gedling district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6347).
  2. A suburb of Winscombe, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4257).
  3. A village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1059).

Origin

  1. Old Englishwidu“wood”
  2. EnglishWoodborough

From Old English widu (“wood”) + beorg (“hill”), with the second element at some point being misanalyzed as burh, giving the modern form borough. Otherwise, the modern form of beorg would have been berry (“mound, hill”), giving something like *Woodberry.

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APA

Woodborough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woodborough

MLA

“Woodborough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woodborough. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Woodborough,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woodborough.

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