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sandridge¹

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From Middle English *sandrygge, from Old English sandhryċġ (“a sandbank”), equivalent to sand + ridge. Cognate with West Frisian sânrêch, Dutch zandrug, German Sandrücken.

noun sandridges · sand-ridge · sand ridge

  1. A ridge or bank of sand; sandbank. On the other side, under the lee of the sand-ridge, which was their usual point of separation, he endured for some moments the beard-raspings of indecision, frowning about the landscape and down at Cora.

Sandridge²

Where it comes from

From Old English sand (“sand”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

proper noun Sandridges

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in the city of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1710).
  2. countable, uncountable A village in Melksham Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9364).
  3. countable, uncountable Former name of Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  4. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of Sand Ridge, West Virginia.
  5. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{sandridge_2026,
  title = {sandridge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sandridge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}