Spalding

name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of spald form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A market town in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2422).
  2. 2
    A rural municipality and village therein, in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. 3
    A town north of the Clare Valley in South Australia.
  4. 4
    A suburb of Geraldton in the City of Greater Geraldton, Western Australia.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Macon County, Georgia.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Nez Perce County, Idaho.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Menominee County, Michigan.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Ralls County, Missouri.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Greeley County, Nebraska.
  6. 11
    An English and Scottish habitational surname.

Example

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"In 1814, Thomas Spalding made on Sapelo Island, in lat. 31 1⁄2, as much as 95 hogsheads of excellent sugar, equal to Jamaica, from Canes he had planted there."

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Holme-on-Spalding-MoorSpalding CountySpalding peafowlmarket town

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