English Explanatory Dictionary

Birkenshaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS692586).
  2. A southern suburb of Larkhall, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7649).
  3. A village in Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE203279).
  4. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Birkenshaw Birkenshaws Birkinshaw Burkinshaw

Etymology

From Old English birċen (“birchen, made of birch”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket, shaw”).

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