English Explanatory Dictionary

Thornbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A place in England:
  3. A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4008).
  4. A village and civil parish (served by Thornbury Group Parish Council) in northern Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6259).
  5. A market town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6390).
  6. A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1933).
  7. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia.
  8. A township in Southland, New Zealand.
  9. A community and former town in the town of Blue Mountains, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
  10. A township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  11. A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. These two townships adjoin each other, and were originally one township until 1798.
  12. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Thornbury Thornburys Thornberry

Etymology

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

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