Newbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4767).
  3. A hamlet in the south of Tonge parish, Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ9259).
  4. A hamlet in Coleford parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6950).
  5. A hamlet in Horningsham parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8241).
  6. A village in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  7. A place in the United States:
  8. A township in LaGrange County, Indiana.
  9. An unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
  10. A town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  11. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
  12. A township in Geauga County, Ohio.

Pronunciation

/njubəɹi/

Word forms

Newbury

Etymology

From Old English niwe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Newburgh.

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