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  • proper noun Any of a number of places, including a the third-largest town in the Isle of Man and a small town in Huntingdonshire, England
  • proper noun A habitational surname from the town in Huntingdonshire.
  • proper noun A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymologies

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From Old English hramsa ("wild garlic") + īeġ ("island").

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