English Explanatory Dictionary

Colwich

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0121).
  2. A small city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.

Word forms

Colwich

Etymology

* (in Kansas): A portmanteau of Colorado + Wichita after the Colorado and Wichita Railroad. * (in Staffordshire): Either from Old English col (“charcoal”) + wīc (“farm”); or else meaning "Cola's farm", from Old English personal name Cola + wīc (“farm”).

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