sandown

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: sundown, sandow, sandon

Antonyms: sundown, sandow, sandon

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Proper noun

1. {{place|en|town/and/cpar|with a town council on the southeast coast of the|co/Isle of Wight|cc/England}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref SZ5984}}. <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/isle-of-wight/sandown-parish.html Parish map (Isle of Wight)]</ref>, from [[Old English]] ''sand'' and ''hamm'', meaning 'the sandy enclosure or river-meadow'.<ref>{{quote-book|en|title=The Place-Names of the Isle of Wight|year=1996|author=A.D Mills|page=92|passage='The sandy river-meadow or enclosure', from Old English sand and hamm.}}</ref>
2. {{place|en|town|co/Rockingham County|s/New Hampshire|c/USA}}, named after Sandown, [[IoW]]. <ref>[https://www.topozone.com/new-hampshire/rockingham-nh/city/sandown-2/ TopoZone: Sandown, New Hampshire]</ref>
3. {{place|en|suburb|city/Sandton|city/Johannesburg|c/South Africa}}.

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