Sandwich

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • town/and/civil parish with a town council in Dover (district) Kent (county) southeastern England (constituent country) UK (country), one of the historic Cinque Ports .
  • An English habitational surname originating from this town.
  • One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:

Origin

  • The family name is from Old English Sandwiċæ, from sand + wīc.

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