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Proper Noun

1. 1
   A number of places in England:; A small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0138). countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A number of places in England:; A civil parish and village in southeast Cornwall (OS grid ref SX4252). countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A number of places in England:; A suburb of Axminster, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY3098). countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A number of places in England:; A hamlet in North Molton parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS7530). countable, uncountable
5. 5
   A number of places in England:; A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9799). countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   A number of places in England:; A suburb and former civil parish in Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3913). countable, uncountable
7. 7
   A locality in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia. countable, uncountable
8. 8
   A village in the township of Cavan Monaghan, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
9. 9
   A number of places in the United States:; A city in Autauga County and Elmore County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
10. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Kendall County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
11. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Graham County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
12. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
13. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Warren County, New Jersey. countable, uncountable
14. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Dutchess County, New York. countable, uncountable
15. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A former village in Wake County, North Carolina, since incorporated into the city of Raleigh. countable, uncountable
16. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
17. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
18. 18
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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