English Explanatory Dictionary

Marsden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburb of Brisbane in Logan, Queensland, Australia.
  2. A village in the Rural Municipality of Manitou Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3965).
  4. A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0411).
  5. A ghost town and former gold mining settlement in Grey district, West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Marsden Marsdens Masden

Etymology

From Old English mearc (“mark, sign; boundary”) + -s- + denu (“valley”).

Derived words

marsdenia Marsden Park Mount Marsden
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