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Keswick

//ˈkɛzɪk// name

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  1. 1
    A place in England:; A market town and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale district, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY2623).
  2. 2
    A place in England:; A coastal village in Bacton parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3533).
  3. 3
    A place in England:; A small village in Keswick and Intwood parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2004).
  4. 4
    A place in Canada:; A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta.
  5. 5
    A place in Canada:; A community in the town of Georgina, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Shasta County, California.
  2. 7
    A place in the United States:; A minor city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
  3. 8
    A place in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
  4. 9
    A place in the United States:; A ghost town in Bingham township, Leelanau County, Michigan.
  5. 10
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Albemarle County, Virginia.
  6. 11
    A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.

Etymology

From Old English ċȳse (“cheese”) and wīc (“farm”); alternatively, cheese + -wick; the alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

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