English Explanatory Dictionary

Groby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5207).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Groby Grobys

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Norse gróf (“pit, hollow, gully”) + býr (“farmstead”).

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