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Sandown Park

suburban area · Kent

Old EnglishAI-generated

Sandown Park probably means 'the park on the sandy hill'. It combines Old English words for sand, hill, and enclosure.

Word origins

Sand
Old Englishsand(from sand "sand")
down
Old Englishhill(from dun "hill, down")
Park
Old Englishenclosed area, park(from parruc "enclosure, park")