English Explanatory Dictionary

Strangeways

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the place name.
name
  1. An inner suburb of Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8399).
  2. The prison in this locality.

Word forms

Strangeways Strangewayses Strangwish Strangwick Strangeway Strangwas

Etymology

From Old English strang+gewæsc, from being a place by a stream with a strong current.

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