Whitworth

//ˈwɪtwɜːrθ// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small town and civil parish with a town council in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8818). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + worð (“enclosure”).

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Whitworth gun

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