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Fulwood

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From Middle English Fulewde, from Old English fūl (“dirty, foul”), definite form fūla + wudu (“wood”), 'the dirty wood'. The first element could possibly otherwise come from fugol (“bird, fowl”), thus 'wood where fowling takes place'.

proper noun Fulwoods

  1. countable, uncountable A habitational surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A town in the north of the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5332).
  3. countable, uncountable An outer suburb in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3085).

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"Fulwood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fulwood. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Fulwood. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fulwood

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@misc{fulwood_2026,
  title = {Fulwood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fulwood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}