Holme

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holme¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English holm (“an island”), from Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz.

noun holmes

  1. alternative Alternative form of holm.holm

Holme²

proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1987).
  2. A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5278).
  3. A hamlet in Messingham parish, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE9206).
  4. A small village in Holme Valley parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1006).
  5. A river in West Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Colne at Huddersfield.

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