Colne

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Colne

  • /koʊln/
  • /koʊn/
  • /kɒln/

proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3776).
  2. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8940).
  3. A river, known as Colne Water, which flows through the town of Colne, Lancashire, and joins Pendle Water.
  4. A river in West Yorkshire, which flows into the River Calder near Mirfield.
  5. A river in Hertfordshire, Greater London, Buckinghamshire and Surrey, which flows into the River Thames at Staines.
  6. A river in Essex, which flows into an estuary at Brightlingsea.

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@misc{colne_2026,
  title = {Colne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}