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Dunwich
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English
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Etymology
From en ang dūn hill + ang wīċ village."Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
Proper noun
en small coastal village/and/cpar (without a council) in dist/East Suffolk co/Suffolk cc/England previously in dist/Suffolk Coastal OS grid ref TM4770. Parish map
en town on North Stradbroke Island, s/Queensland c/Australia.
en former twp co/Elgin County p/Ontario c/Canada now part of x/Dutton/Dunwich.
Usage notes
The Suffolk village was once a medieval town and port, much of which has been lost to the sea due to coastal erosion over several centuries. As a result, it had the dubious distinction of being a rotten borough.
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