English Explanatory Dictionary

Westbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6235).
  2. A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3509).
  3. A town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST868511).
  4. A suburb of Limerick, within County Clare, Ireland.
  5. A township municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  6. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
  7. A village in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States.
  8. A hamlet in the towns of Victory, Cayuga County and Butler, Wayne County, New York.
  9. A neighbourhood in south-west Houston, Texas, United States.
  10. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  11. A town in Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  12. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Word forms

Westbury Westburys

Etymology

From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west + -bury.

Derived words

Westbury-on-Severn Westbury-on-Trym Westbury-sub-Mendip
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