English Explanatory Dictionary

Berrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2952).
  2. A small village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7934).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Berrow Berrows

Etymology

From Old English bearu (“grove”), which is from Proto-Germanic *barwaz (“grove”). Compare Beer (“a village in East Devon”).

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