Newburn

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Newburn

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The place-name in Newcastle upon Tyne is from Old English nīwe (“new”) + burh (“fortress”). The second element was later substituted for burn (“stream”).

The Fife place-name was historically Nithbren (1150). Possibly from Pictish, perhaps from *Nith, an ethnonym, with a cognate of Welsh bryn (“hill”) or Welsh pren (“tree”).

proper noun Newburns

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A village in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, west of the city and on the north bank of the Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1665).
countable, uncountable A civil parish of Fife, Scotland.

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@misc{newburn_2026,
  title = {Newburn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/newburn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}