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Wearside

name

Meaning

  1. The area around Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, on the River Wear.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree English Wear Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English Wearside From Wear + -side.

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