name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
spong
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CMU ARPABET: S P AO1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A long and narrow piece of land, resembling a tongue, especially a short peninsula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
Various origins: * English topographic surname from Middle English spong (“narrow strip of land”). * Borrowed from Swedish Spong, an ornamental surname from spång (“footbridge, plank”).
Probably Norwegian.