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Blackness.

A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3830).

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Meaning & usage

name

  1. A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3830).

  2. A small coastal village in Falkirk council area, Scotland; a nearby headland is named Black Ness (OS grid ref NT0580).

  3. A hamlet in Westham parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ6104).

  4. A suburb of Crowborough, Wealden district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ5230).

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Black Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English Blackness From Black + -ness.

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of blackness (“state of being of African descent; culture of African-Americans”).

    alt-of · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Black Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English Blackness From Black + -ness.

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