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English
Etymology
From Old English Winterburna < winter + burna (“stream”), 'the stream that flows in winter'.
Proper noun
Winterbourne
- A place in England:
- A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4572). [1]
- A large village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6580). [2]
- A hamlet in Boughton under Blean parish, Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TR0657).
- A civil parish north-east of Salisbury, Wiltshire. [3]
- A community in Woolwich township, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- A surname from Old English.
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