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Hever
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hever
English
Etymology
For the place in England: 'The settlement at the high ridge', from en ang Heanyfre, from ang hēah high, in the oblique case ang hēan + ang *ȳfre ridge, or perhaps the Kentish dialectal variant ang *ēfre (see ang ōfer for more). In reference to the site being located atop a hill overlooking the valley of the river Eden. Akin to en Highover.
Proper noun
en village/and/civil parish in dist/Sevenoaks co/Kent cc/England, the location of Hever Castle OS grid ref TQ4744.
en village r/Flanders c/Belgium.