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Solent
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solent
English
Etymology
From en ang Sol(u)ente, a pre-English name of obscure origin. The second element is seemingly en ine-pro *auent- to wet, to spring.en King Anthony C. CHAPTER 1 Venta Belgarum: What Is in the Name for Roman Winchester? The Land of the English Kin: Studies in Wessex and Anglo-Saxon England in Honour of Professor Barbara Yorke 2006 18 https://www.jstor.org/content/oa_chapter_edited/10.1163/j.ctv2gjwsjw.8?seq=8
Pronunciation
en /ˈsəʊlənt/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Solent.wav Southern England
en əʊlənt 2
Proper noun
the Solent
en A <<strait>> separating <<co/Hampshire>> from the <<co/Isle of Wight>> in southern <<cc/England>>.
en 2019 w:Isabel Waidner We Are Made of Diamond Stuff Dostoyevsky Wannabe Originals 13 One, two, three Victorian military forts in the Solent—an early indication they have a thing about foreign invasion down here.
Derived terms
en Lee-on-the-Solent, en Lee-on-Solent
en Solent goose
References
Anagrams
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