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Sherborne.

A surname.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. A surname.

  2. A market town and civil parish with a town council in northwestern Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6316).

  3. A village and civil parish with a brook of the same name in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1714).

  4. A hamlet in Litton parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5855).

Where this word comes from

From Old English Sċīraburna, equivalent to scīr (“bright, clear”) + burna (“stream”).

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