English Explanatory Dictionary

Watling Street

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A historic route in England, first used by the ancient Britons, running from Dover and London in the southeast via St Albans to Wroxeter, and crossing the River Thames.

Word forms

Watling Street

Etymology

From the Old English Wæcelinga Stræt. The Waeclingas ("people of Waecla") were a tribe in the St Albans area, and the Anglo-Saxon name of St Albans was Wætlingaceaster.

Derived words

Watling Street thistle
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