English Explanatory Dictionary

Mowbray

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. An English barony, now combined with Seagrave and Stourton.
  3. A place name:
  4. A coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.
  5. A suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
  6. A southern suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

Word forms

Mowbray Mowbrays Mulberry

Etymology

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Montbray, in Normandy. The name of the village comes from Old French mont (“hill”) + brai (“mud, slime”).

Derived words

Melton Mowbray Mowbray Park
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