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Millbrook en · PROPN

Etymology

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + brōc (“brook, stream”), equivalent to mill + brook.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0138).
2. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A civil parish and village in southeast Cornwall (OS grid ref SX4252).
3. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A suburb of Axminster, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY3098).
4. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A hamlet in North Molton parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS7530).
5. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9799).
6. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A suburb and former civil parish in Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3913).
7. (countable, uncountable) A locality in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.
8. (countable, uncountable) A village in the township of Cavan Monaghan, Ontario, Canada.
9. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Autauga County and Elmore County, Alabama.
10. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Kendall County, Illinois.
11. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Graham County, Kansas.
12. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri.
13. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Warren County, New Jersey.
14. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Dutchess County, New York.
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15. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A former village in Wake County, North Carolina, since incorporated into the city of Raleigh.
16. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio.
17. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
18. (countable, uncountable) A habitational surname from Old English.

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