Strood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in Medway district, Kent, England.

Pronunciation

/stɹuːd/

Word forms

Strood

Etymology

Apparently from Middle English strothe, strode (“marshy land overgrown with brush”), from Old English strōd (“marshy land”). Compare Strother and (Raven)struther.

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