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Colby

Syllables: Col·byUK/ˈkəʊl.bi/US/ˈkoʊl.bi/

Colby proper noun: a village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6620).

Proper noun

Colby (countable and uncountable, plural Colbys)

  1. A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6620).
  2. A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2231).
  3. A village in Arbory parish, Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC233702).
  4. A city, the county seat of Thomas County, Kansas, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.
  6. A city in Clark County and Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.
  7. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin, next to the city.
  8. A habitational surname from Old Norse.
  9. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun

Colby (countable and uncountable, plural Colbys or Colbies)

  1. A soft, moist, mild American cheese similar to cheddar, made with a washed-curd process.

Colby meaning in Bengali

Colby in Bengali

এক ধরনের নরম, আর্দ্র

Forms of Colby

Proper noun
pluralColbys
Noun
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pluralColbies

Origin of Colby

From either the Old Norse personal name Koli or kol (“charcoal”) + býr (“settlement”).

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Questions about Colby

What does Colby mean?
Colby means a village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY6620).
What is Colby in Bengali?
Colby in Bengali is এক ধরনের নরম, আর্দ্র. See Colby meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Colby?
Colby can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Colby?
Colby is pronounced /ˈkəʊl.bi/ (UK).

Words near Colby in the dictionary

  1. Colbourne
  2. Colbrook
  3. Colburn
  4. Colburns
  5. Colbury
  6. Colby
  7. Colby cheese
  8. Colby cheeses
  9. Colby-Jack
  10. Colbys
  11. colcannon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Colby (page history and authors); Colby (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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