English Explanatory Dictionary

Woodbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0187).
  3. A rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  4. A small settlement near Geraldine, in southern Canterbury, New Zealand.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. A neighbourhood of Irvine, California.
  7. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  8. A town in Meriwether County, Georgia.
  9. An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Illinois.
  10. An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
  11. A tiny city in Butler County, Kentucky.
  12. An unincorporated community in Sunfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan.

Word forms

Woodbury Woodburys

Etymology

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

Derived words

North Woodbury Woodbury County Woodburytype
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