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Ashbourne

Ashbourne proper noun: a market town and civil parish with a town council in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1846).

Proper noun

Ashbourne (countable and uncountable, plural Ashbournes)

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1846).
  2. A town in County Meath, Ireland.
  3. A small town in the Alexandrina Council, South Australia, Australia.
  4. A small town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
  5. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Ashbourne

pluralAshbournes

Origin of Ashbourne

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + burna (“stream”).

Questions about Ashbourne

What does Ashbourne mean?
Ashbourne means a market town and civil parish with a town council in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1846).
What part of speech is Ashbourne?
Ashbourne is a proper noun.

Words near Ashbourne in the dictionary

  1. Ashberian
  2. ashbin
  3. ashbins
  4. AShBM
  5. AShBMs
  6. Ashbourne
  7. Ashbournes
  8. ashbox
  9. ashboxes
  10. Ashbrook
  11. Ashbrooks

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