North Downs

English

Etymology

From north +‎ downs. Downs, meaning "hills", coming from Middle English doun and, in turn, from Old English dūn (“hill, mountain”).

Proper noun

North Downs

  1. An area of chalk downland in Kent and Surrey, in south-east England.

See also

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