Jarrow

English

Alternative forms

Jarra (Geordie)

Etymology

From Middle English Jarwe, Jaruum, from Old English Gyrwum (“(at the) marshes”), dative plural of gyru (“mud; marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *gurwijō (“mud”).

Proper noun

Jarrow

A town on the River Tyne in north east England and part of the South Tyneside district of Tyne and Wear.

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