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Bunbury

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Australia/ˈbɐnb(ə)ɹiː/

Bunbury proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Bunbury

  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5658).
  3. A port city and local government area in the South West region, Western Australia.

Verb

Bunbury (third-person singular simple present Bunburies, present participle Bunburying, simple past and past participle Bunburied)

  1. To practice Bunburying.
    • I suspected that, my dear fellow! I have Bunburyed all over Shropshire on two separate occasions. Now, go on. Why are you Ernest in town and Jack in the country?1895, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest […] , [Act I]

Forms of Bunbury

third-person singular presentBunburies
present participleBunburying
past participleBunburied
pastBunburied

Words formed from Bunbury

Questions about Bunbury

What does Bunbury mean?
Bunbury means a surname.
What part of speech is Bunbury?
Bunbury can be a proper noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce Bunbury?
Bunbury is pronounced /ˈbɐnb(ə)ɹiː/ (Australia).

Words near Bunbury in the dictionary

  1. bunboys
  2. bunbun
  3. bunbuns
  4. Bunburied
  5. Bunburies
  6. Bunbury
  7. Bunburying
  8. Bunburyist
  9. bunce
  10. bunced
  11. bunces

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