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Bourne

[bawrn, bohrn]
–noun
a city in SE Massachusetts. 13,874.

bourn

1[bawrn, bohrn]
–noun Scot. and North England.
burn 2 .
Also, bourne.

burn

2[burn]
–noun Scot. and North England.
a brook or rivulet.
Also, bourn, bourne.


Origin:
bef. 900; ME burne, bourne, OE burna, brunna brook; c. Goth brunna, D born, bron, G Brunnen, ON brunnr spring
bourn 1 also bourne   (bôrn, bōrn, bŏŏrn)   
n.  A small stream; a brook.

[Middle English, from Old English burna; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
bourn 2 also bourne   (bôrn, bōrn, bŏŏrn)   
n.   Archaic
  1. A destination; a goal.
  2. A boundary; a limit.

[French bourne, from French dialectal bosne, borne, from Old French bodne, limit, boundary marker, from Medieval Latin bodina, of Celtic origin.]
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