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Proper Noun

1. 1
   A number of places in England:; A hamlet in South Lakeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2885; appears as Wood Gate on 1981 OS map) countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Culmstock parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1015). countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A number of places in England:; An urban area (and street) in Leicester, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK5705). countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Swanton Morley parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG0216). countable, uncountable
5. 5
   A number of places in England:; A locality in Kinlet parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7079). countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Uttoxeter parish, East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1032). countable, uncountable
7. 7
   A number of places in England:; An outer suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9982). countable, uncountable
8. 8
   A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Aldingbourne parish, Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9404). countable, uncountable
9. 9
   A number of places in England:; A settlement in Stoke parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9666). countable, uncountable
10. 10
    An unincorporated community in Vigo County, Indiana, United States. countable, uncountable
11. 11
    A hamlet in Oneida County, New York, United States. countable, uncountable
12. 12
    A coastal locality in the Bundaberg Region of Queensland, Australia. countable, uncountable
13. 13
    A habitational surname. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From wood + gate.

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