English Explanatory Dictionary

Whitby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A town, seaport, and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8911).
  3. A town in the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community and coal town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
  5. A suburb of Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand.
  6. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
  7. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪtbi/ /ˈʍɪtbi/

Word forms

Whitby Whitbys Whidbee Whidby

Etymology

From Old Norse hvítr býr (“white town”). Equivalent to white + -by.

Related words

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