English Explanatory Dictionary

Conisbrough

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK5198).

Word forms

Conisbrough

Etymology

From Old English Cyningesburg, from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort; manor; town”). Doublet of Kingsbury, Kingsberry, Kingsburg, and Kingsburgh. Cf. also Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, Kingsville, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Coningsby, and Conington.

Related words

Kinniburgh

Derived words

Conisbrough Parks
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