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A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6638).

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  1. A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6638).

    countable · uncountable
  2. An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A habitational surname.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Recorded as Schipwic in the Domesday Book, from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + wīc (“outlying settlement”). The last element was later changed under the influence of Old Norse viðr (“tree; forest, wood”).

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