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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England.
2. 2
   A river in Pendle borough, Lancashire, known as Pendle Water, which flows into the River Calder (tributary of the Ribble).
3. 3
   A surname.

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *penn ("head, top") + Old English hyll (“hill”).

Related phrases

Pendle Hill

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