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Crick
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crick
English
Etymology
The Northamptonshire place-name is from en cel-bry-pro *krʉg heap, mound (itself from en cel-pro *krouk-; cf. cy crug).
Pronunciation
en ɪk
Proper noun
en village/and/cpar in x/West Northamptonshire co/Northamptonshire cc/England previously in dist/Daventry OS grid ref SP5872. Parish map (Northamptonshire)
en small village wcomm/Caerwent co/Monmouthshire cc/Wales OS grid ref ST4890.
A habitational surname derived from the placename.
Francis Crick was the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.
en 4 September 2026 Joe Pike Three crucial questions facing Farage at Reform conference https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgyp1me0j7o BBC News Farage's biographer, the veteran political journalist Michael Crick, has also noticed a shift. 4 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260927073504/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgyp1me0j7o 27 September 2026
Derived terms
en Watson-Crick model
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