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Ashburton

Ashburton proper noun: a small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).

Proper noun

Ashburton

  1. A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).
  2. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
  3. A river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
  4. A large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
  5. A river (with two branches) in Canterbury, New Zealand which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
  6. A territorial authority that includes the town, in Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Ashburton District.
  7. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  8. A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Origin of Ashburton

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

Words formed from Ashburton

Questions about Ashburton

What does Ashburton mean?
Ashburton means a small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).
What part of speech is Ashburton?
Ashburton is a proper noun.

Words near Ashburton in the dictionary

  1. Ashbrooks
  2. Ashburn
  3. Ashburner
  4. Ashburnham
  5. Ashburns
  6. Ashburton
  7. ashburtonite
  8. Ashbury
  9. Ashburys
  10. Ashby
  11. Ashby Heights

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