North Downs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An area of chalk downland in Kent and Surrey, in south-east England.

Word forms

North Downs

Etymology

From north + downs. Downs, meaning "hills", coming from Middle English doun and, in turn, from Old English dūn (“hill, mountain”).

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