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Grasmere
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English
Etymology
From en ang græs grass + ang mere lake; "the lake with grassy shores", equivalent to en grass mere.
Proper noun
en A <<village>> next to a <<lake>> of the same name in <<par/Lakes>>, <<x/Westmorland and Furness>>, <<co/Cumbria>>, <<cc/England>>, previously in <<dist/South Lakeland>> OS grid ref NY3307.
en 1 September 2026 Ben Winship Teen swimmer died trying to cross lake https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly4e0rv2gdo BBC News Apprentice electrician Charlie Ellis Saw, from Boston in Lincolnshire, entered the water at Grasmere in Cumbria on Saturday 8 August, with the aim of swimming to the other side. 3 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260903162639/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly4e0rv2gdo
en A <<suburb>> in the <<r/Macarthur>> Region of <<city/Sydney>>, <<s/New South Wales>>, <<c/Australia>>.
en suburb city/Invercargill r/Southland c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en hamlet rdist/East Kootenay p/British Columbia c/Canada.
en unincorporated community co/Hillsborough County s/New Hampshire c/USA.
en neighbourhood bor/Staten Island s/New York c/USA.
en neighbourhood town/Fairfield s/Connecticut c/USA.
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