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Subject: Re: Stillborn
Author: Anon.   (guest, 213.10.185.228)
Date: July 3, 2004 at 12:14:03 PM
Reply to: Of course it has got a meaning! by Judith
Where does it say that born means 'small hills between water'?
At the end of surnames it is usually a variant of bourn, which means 'small stream'. (Oxf. Engl. Dict.)

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