English Explanatory Dictionary

Littleborough

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A large village in Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.
  2. A hamlet in Sturton le Steeple parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England, by the River Trent. (OS grid ref SK8282).

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪtəlbəɹə/

Word forms

Littleborough

Etymology

From Old English lȳtel (“little”) + burh (“borough”) or brōc (“brook”). Piecewise doublet of Littlebury and Luxembourg.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on L Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary