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Wick.

A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).

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Meaning & usage

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  1. A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).

  2. A river in Caithness, Highland council area that flows through the town into Wick Bay on the North Sea; in full, the Wick River.

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse vík (“bay, inlet”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

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  1. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Luppitt parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1703).

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  2. A number of places in England: An eastern suburb of Bournemouth in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1951).

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  3. A number of places in England: A village in Wick and Abson parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7072).

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  4. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Brent Knoll parish, Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3253)

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  5. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Curry Rivel parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4026).

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  6. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Stogursey parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2144).

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  7. A number of places in England: A northern suburb of Littlehampton, Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0203).

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  8. A number of places in England: A village in Downton parish, south Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1621).

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  9. A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9645).

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  10. A village and community in Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9272).

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  11. An unincorporated community in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.

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  12. An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.

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  13. A surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

From Old English wīc (“dairy farm”).

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