Colenso
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Another resident, Kate, lives on the corner of Colenso Mount.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It's Colenso Mount, a street in the Holbeck area of Leeds where he lives, which has been temporarily closed to traffic to become a ‘Play Street’.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
New Zealand, for instance, has at least 19 plant species, two birds and two fungi with the species epithet colensoi, named to honor 19th-century British missionary and naturalist William Colenso.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2020
Lucy Colenso, Tesco product development manager for seasonal confectionery, says sales of chocolate at Christmas are only outpaced by the Easter market.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2014
Bishop Colenso, whose views on everything were considered unsound that day and are archaic in this, was the little dean’s particular pet.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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