English Explanatory Dictionary

Attenborough

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.

Word forms

Attenborough

Etymology

From Middle English Addyngborough, with the d changed to t by dissimilation, from earlier Adinburks, Adigburc, Hadinbur, meaning “The burh of the Eādings” or possibly “the burh of Eadda”.

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