English Explanatory Dictionary

Foxhall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A townland west of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.
  2. A hamlet in Farleigh Wallop parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6146).
  3. A civil parish (served by Brightwell, Foxhall and Purdis Farm Joint Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, east of Ipswich, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district.
  4. A hamlet in Kirkliston parish, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland, traditionally in West Lothian (OS grid ref NT1374).
  5. A hamlet in Llangwm community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9808).
  6. A neighbourhood in north-western Washington, D.C., United States.

Word forms

Foxhall

Etymology

The Suffolk place-name is from Old English foxhol (“foxhole”). The Kirkliston place-name is a calque from Cumbric (compare Carlowrie).

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