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Proper Noun

1. 1
   A place in England:; A former local government district in North Yorkshire, created 1 April 1974 and abolished 1 April 2023. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A place in England:; A village and civil parish in Wyre district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3742). countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A place in England:; A hamlet in Bolton Abbey parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0553). countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A place in England:; A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5530). countable, uncountable
5. 5
   A place in England:; A hamlet in Cold Kirby parish, previously in Ryedale district and Kilburn High and Low parish, previously in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5283). countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   A place in England:; A village and civil parish on a peninsula in Rutland Water, Rutland (OS grid ref SK9007). The village is also known as Upper Hambleton, the name used on OS maps. countable, uncountable
7. 7
   A small town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
8. 8
   A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From Old English hamel (“crooked (hill)”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Related phrases

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