Strangeways

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • locality city, Manchester England (constituent country) UK (country)
  • The prison in this locality

Origin

  • From Old English strang+gewæsc, from being a place by a stream with a strong current.
  • From Middle English Strangwas, from Old English strang+gewæsc, from being a place by a stream with a strong current.

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