Normanby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small village in Burton upon Stather parish, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England; Normanby Hall and Country Park is nearby, and Normanby Park steelworks was to the south (OS grid ref SE8816).
  2. A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7381).
  3. A suburban area in Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, on the boundary with Middlesbrough (OS grid ref NZ5418).
  4. A hamlet in Fylingdales parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ9206).
  5. A former township in Grey County, Ontario, Canada, now part of West Grey.
  6. A large river system in northern Queensland, Australia which flows into the Pacific Ocean; in full, the Normanby River.
  7. A former shire in south-east Queensland.
  8. A five-way intersection in north-east Brisbane, Queensland; in full, Normanby Fiveways.
  9. A northern suburb of Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand.
  10. A small town in Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand

Word forms

Normanby

Etymology

"Village of the Norwegians", from Old Norse Norðmanna, genitive plural of Norðmaðr (“Norseman”) + býr (“village”).

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