English Explanatory Dictionary

Tisbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9429).
  2. A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
  3. A town on Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.

Word forms

Tisbury

Etymology

From Old English personal name *Tyssi, genitive case *Tysses + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

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