- Bourn Brook
Bourn Brook is a common name for small rivers, reflected in a number of place names. See:
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Bourn Brook, Cambridgeshire
*Bournbrook ,Birmingham
*Bournville , Birminghamee also
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Bourne
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Bourn Brook, Cambridgeshire — Bourn Brook is a minor tributary of the River Cam in Cambridgeshire.It has its source near the village of Eltisley, 10 miles west of Cambridge, running east through Caxton, Bourn and Toft to join the Cam at Byron s Pool in Grantchester, where the … Wikipedia
Bourn — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 52.19 longitude= 0.061 official name= Bourn population = 1,764 (2001) shire district= South Cambridgeshire shire county = Cambridgeshire region= East of England constituency westminster= post town=… … Wikipedia
bourn — bourn1 or bourne [bôrn, boorn] n. [ME burne < OE burna, metathetic for brunna; akin to Ger brunnen, a spring: see BURN1] a brook or stream bourn2 or bourne [bôrn, boorn] n. [Fr borne < OFr bunne: see BOUND4] Archaic … English World dictionary
bourn — {{11}}bourn (1) also bourne, small stream, especially of the winter torrents of the chalk downs, O.E. brunna, burna brook, stream, from P.Gmc. *brunnoz spring, fountain (Cf. O.H.G. brunno, O.N. brunnr, O.Fris. burna, Ger. Brunnen fountain, Goth.… … Etymology dictionary
brook — I noun a babbling brook Syn: stream, creek, streamlet, rivulet, rill, brooklet, runnel; Brit. bourn, burn, beck II verb, formal we brook no violence Syn: tolerate, allow, sta … Thesaurus of popular words
bourn — I or bourne [[t]bɔrn, boʊrn[/t]] n. scot. a brook • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; see burn I II bourn [[t]bɔrn, boʊrn, bʊərn[/t]] n. archaic 1) a bound; limit 2) destination; goal 3) realm; domain • Etymology: 1515–25; earlier borne < MF, OF … From formal English to slang
bourn — or bourne noun Etymology: Middle English burn, bourne more at burn Date: 12th century stream, brook … New Collegiate Dictionary
bourn — a stream, brook or rivulet in southern England (Saxon) … Dictionary of ichthyology
bourn — noun a) A small stream or brook. b) destination See Also: burn … Wiktionary
bourn — Synonyms and related words: adolescent stream, anchorage, arroyo, beck, border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, braided stream, branch, break boundary, breakoff point, brook, brooklet, burn, ceiling, channel,… … Moby Thesaurus
