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name
A placename:
A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7055).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A habitational surname from Welsh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A group of people, especially in Louisiana, who support a Mardi Gras float in parades, as well as other charity work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Recorded as Creu in the Domesday Book, the town's name is derived from Old Welsh criu (“weir; crossing”) (compare modern Welsh cryw).
