Bourne.
A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0920).
Meaning & usage
A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0920).
A river in Wiltshire, England, which flows into the Salisbury-Hampshire Avon.
A small river in Dorset, England, which flows into the English Channel at Bournemouth.
Either of two rivers in Surrey, England, passing through Chertsey and Addlestone before converging and flowing into the Thames.
A small river in Kent, England, which joins the River Medway.
A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Jonathan Bourne Sr.
A surname.
Where this word comes from
The placename and English surname are derived from Old English burna (“stream”), whence also the common noun bourne (“stream”).
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