English Explanatory Dictionary

sandridge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A ridge or bank of sand; sandbank.
name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in the city of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1710).
  3. A village in Melksham Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9364).
  4. Former name of Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  5. Alternative form of Sand Ridge, West Virginia.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

sandridge sandridges sand-ridge sand ridge

Etymology

From Middle English *sandrygge, from Old English sandhryċġ (“a sandbank”), equivalent to sand + ridge. Cognate with West Frisian sânrêch, Dutch zandrug, German Sandrücken.

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