English Explanatory Dictionary

Swinburne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A village in the Free State province, South Africa.

Word forms

Swinburne Swinburnes Swinbourn Swinbourne Swinburn

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Chollerton, Northumberland, from Old English swīn (“pig, swine”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

Derived words

Swinburnean Swinburnian Swinburnesque
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