English Explanatory Dictionary

Wychwood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A national nature reserve in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, originally a royal forest.

Word forms

Wychwood

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Whycchewode, Whucchewode, Whecchewode, from Old English Huiċċewudu, from Hwiċċe (an Anglo-Saxon tribe) + wudu (“forest”).

Derived words

Ascott-under-Wychwood Cornbury and Wychwood Milton-under-Wychwood Shipton-under-Wychwood
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