# Overstrand

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2440).
2. A local municipality in Western Cape province, South Africa.

## Etymology
* In England, from Old English ofer + strand, recorded as Othestranda ^([sic]) in 1086 (DB), and Overstrand in 1231.
* In South Africa, basically the same, but probably from Afrikaans or Dutch: compare Dutch over, Afrikaans strand and Dutch strand.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/overstrand