Wick
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A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).
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A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).
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A river in Caithness, Highland council area that flows through the town into Wick Bay on the North Sea; in full, the Wick River.
Etymology
From Old Norse vík (“bay, inlet”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.
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A number of places in England: A hamlet in Luppitt parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1703).
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A number of places in England: An eastern suburb of Bournemouth in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1951).
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A number of places in England: A village in Wick and Abson parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7072).
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A number of places in England: A hamlet in Brent Knoll parish, Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3253)
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A number of places in England: A hamlet in Curry Rivel parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4026).
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A number of places in England: A hamlet in Stogursey parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2144).
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A number of places in England: A northern suburb of Littlehampton, Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0203).
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A number of places in England: A village in Downton parish, south Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1621).
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A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9645).
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A village and community in Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9272).
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An unincorporated community in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
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A surname from Old English.
Etymology
From Old English wīc (“dairy farm”).
Forms
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- Wicks
Wick · A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).
wicked · Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.wide · Having a large physical extent from side to side.widely · In a wide manner; across a wide area.