English Explanatory Dictionary

Cherbourg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A coastal town in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin commune, Manche department, Normandy, France.
  2. A town and local government area (the Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg, which is surrounded by South Burnett Region) in Queensland, Australia.

Word forms

Cherbourg

Etymology

Borrowed from French Cherbourg, from Old French Chieresburg, probably from Old Norse kjarr (“thicket”) + borg (“fort”). Compare Old English Kiǣresburh.

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