Churchdown

发音

UK /t͡ʃɜːt͡ʃˈdaʊn/
/ˈt͡ʃoʊzən/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A large village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8820).

词源

Inherited from Middle English Chirchesdoun, apparently from Proto-Brythonic *krʉg (“mound”) + Old English dūn (“hill”), though with the second element reinterpreted as Middle English chirche (“church”). The process of reduction that lead to the former local pronunciation (surviving in nearby Chosen Hill) is reflected in the Early Modern English spellings Churson, Chursdon, Chorsdown.

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