Harwich en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhæɹɪt͡ʃ/
- /ˈhæɹɪd͡ʒ/
Meanings
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A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2632).
The port of Harwich is where England bares her rump to the continent.
2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books:In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.
1951 November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:
- A town on Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
Deriveds
West Harwich · Harwich Port · East Harwich · South Harwich · North Harwich