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Spithead

name

Etymology

From spit (“sandy peninsula”) + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. formed as spithead — “spit + head”

Definitions

  1. A sea area in the Solent, southern England, between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA