English Explanatory Dictionary

Ashby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name.
  3. Clipping of Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
  4. A southern suburb of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8908).
  5. A locality and former civil parish, now in Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4899).
  6. A number of places in the United States:
  7. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  8. A minor city in Grant County, Minnesota.
  9. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Nebraska.
  10. An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Virginia.
  11. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Virginia.
  12. A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Word forms

Ashby Ashbee Ashbey

Etymology

From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).

Derived words

Ashby-de-la-Zouch Ashby Heights Ashby Island Ashby Magna Ashby plot Ashby St Ledgers Ashby Woulds Castle Ashby Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
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