Holbrook.
A common placename:
Meaning & usage
A common placename: A place in England: A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3645).
A common placename: A place in England: A hamlet in Charlton Musgrove parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6828).
A common placename: A place in England: A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1636).
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Navajo County, Arizona.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Oneida County, Idaho.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: A village in Furnas County, Nebraska.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: A hamlet and census-designated place in the towns of Brookhaven and Islip, Suffolk County, New York.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Multnomah County, Oregon.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
A common placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
A common placename: A town in the Greater Hume council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English hol (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + brōc (“stream, brook”).
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