English Explanatory Dictionary

Kentisbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet and civil parish (served by Kentisbury and Trentishoe Parish Council) in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6243).

Word forms

Kentisbury

Etymology

From a Cornish word related to Welsh cantel (“rim, circle”) + -s- + Old English byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

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