Hawick

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔɪk/[1]
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɪk

Proper noun

Hawick

  1. A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NT5015).

See also

References

  1. ^ Ross, Alan S. C. (1970), “Hawick”, in How to pronounce it‎[1], London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 102.

Anagrams

Scots

Etymology

From Early Scots Havwic, perhaps ultimately from Old English haga wīċ (“village surrounded by a hedge”).

Proper noun

Hawick

  1. Hawick (a town in Scotland)
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