English Explanatory Dictionary

Glenridding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Patterdale parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district.
  2. A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Word forms

Glenridding

Etymology

From Cumbric *glınn or *glenn + *redınn; equivalent to Welsh glynn (“valley”) + rhedyn (“bracken”). The second element shows influenced from Middle English ridding (“clearing”).

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