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Barrow

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Etymology

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English surname, from placenames derived from Old English bearu (grove).

The place in Furness is of Celtic origin, from *barros (promontory, peak) + Old Norse ey (island).

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Barrow

  1. A surname.
  2. Former name of Utqiagvik, the borough seat of North Slope Borough, Alaska, renamed in 2016.
  3. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Illinois.
  4. One of a few villages in England:
    1. A village and civil parish (served by Barrow cum Denham Parish Council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7663). [1]
  5. A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, which includes the settlements of Great Barrow and Little Barrow. [2]
  6. A civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, which replaced the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness on 1 April 2023. [3]
  7. A river in eastern Ireland, which flows from County Laois, via County Kildare, County Kilkenny, County Carlow, County Wexford and County Waterford to Waterford Harbour.

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