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Bournemouth

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Bournemouth , city (1991 pop. 142,849) and district, Dorset, S central England, on Poole Bay. It has grown since the middle of the 19th cent. from a small fishing village in the sheltered, pine-wooded valley of the Bourne to a popular resort and fine-arts center. It has an excellent sandy beach, a temperate climate, and numerous parks. The writer Mary Shelley is buried in the city's parish churchyard.

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Bournemouth

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Bournemouth, England/UK La Bournemowthe ‘Mouth of the Bourne’. Bourne, the name of the river, simply means ‘Stream’ from the Old English burna, now ‘burn’.

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Bournemouth

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Bournemouth Bmouth. La Bournemowthe 1407. ‘The mouth of the stream’. OE burna + mūtha.

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Bournemouth

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Bournemouth •Goliath • Haworth • sabbath •Elizabeth • mammoth • Dartmouth •Weymouth • behemoth • Plymouth •Sidmouth • bismuth • azimuth •Monmouth • Bournemouth •Portsmouth • vermouth •pennyworth • Elspeth • ha'p'orth •Morpeth • Gareth • Nazareth •Tamworth • Hayworth • Woolworth •Wordsworth

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