English Explanatory Dictionary

Colville

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Norman.
  2. A small town in Thames-Coromandel district, on the Coromandel Peninsula in Waikato region, New Zealand.
  3. An unincorporated community in Benton County, Arkansas, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Harrison County and Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. A city, the county seat of Stevens County, Washington, United States.

Word forms

Colville Colvilles Colvile

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Colleville, in Normandy, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse kol (“coal”) + the French habitational suffix -ville.

Derived words

Carlton Colville Weston Colville
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