English Explanatory Dictionary

Ashburton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).
  2. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
  3. A river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
  4. A large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
  5. A river (with two branches) in Canterbury, New Zealand which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
  6. A territorial authority that includes the town, in Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Ashburton District.
  7. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  8. A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Word forms

Ashburton

Etymology

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

Derived words

ashburtonite Ashvegas
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