Ringwood.
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Meaning & usage
A placename: A town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1505).
A placename: A locality in the Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
A placename: A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.
A placename: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
A placename: A village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.
A placename: A borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.
A placename: A town in Major County, Oklahoma, United States.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Old English rimuc (“boundary”) + wudu (“wood”).
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