English Explanatory Dictionary

Hindmarsh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
  3. A local government area in western Victoria, Australia; in full, the Shire of Hindmarsh.

Word forms

Hindmarsh Hindmarshes

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from Old English hindan (“behind”) + mersċ (“marsh”). Australian places were named after John Hindmarsh.

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