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Bury St Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds proper noun: a cathedral and market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8564).

Proper noun

Bury St Edmunds

  1. A cathedral and market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8564).

Forms of Bury St Edmunds

alternative formBury Saint Edmunds

Origin of Bury St Edmunds

See Wikipedia.

Questions about Bury St Edmunds

What does Bury St Edmunds mean?
Bury St Edmunds means a cathedral and market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8564).
What part of speech is Bury St Edmunds?
Bury St Edmunds is a proper noun.

Words near Bury St Edmunds in the dictionary

  1. Burwood
  2. Burwood East
  3. Burwood Heights
  4. bury
  5. bury one's head in the sand
  6. Bury St Edmunds
  7. bury the hatchet
  8. bury the lead
  9. bury the lede
  10. bury your gays
  11. buryable

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