# Whitchurch

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #72,892

## Definitions
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9. A northern suburb of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1580).
10. A small village in Solva community, west Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM7925).
11. A former township taken into the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario, Canada.
12. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English hwit + cirice (“white church”), presumably built from whitish stone.

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