Bank.
A village in the New Forest in Hampshire, England.
Meaning & usage
A village in the New Forest in Hampshire, England.
A major London Underground station in the City of London, named after the Bank of England and one of the busiest stations on the network (OS grid ref TQ3281)
Where this word comes from
From Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô.
A surname.
Where this word comes from
Various origins: * Borrowed from Dutch and German Bank (“bench”), a metonymic occupational surname for someone who worked with a bench or counter, like a money changer. * Borrowed from Danish and Swedish Bank, a topographic surname from bank (“sandbank”) or, alternatively, a nickname for a loud an noisy person, from bank (“noise”).
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