English Explanatory Dictionary

Willoughby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:
  2. A village in Willoughby with Sloothby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4771).
  3. A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP5167).
  4. A city in Lake County, Ohio, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
  6. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
  7. A local government area in New South Wales, Australia, named after the suburb within it; in full, the City of Willoughby.
  8. A habitational surname.
  9. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Word forms

Willoughby Willoughbys

Etymology

From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).

Derived words

North Willoughby Willoughby East Willoughby with Sloothby
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