English Explanatory Dictionary

Ashbourne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1846).
  3. A town in County Meath, Ireland.
  4. A small town in the Alexandrina Council, South Australia, Australia.
  5. A small town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Ashbourne Ashbournes

Etymology

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + burna (“stream”).

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