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Denby

Denby proper noun: a village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3946).

Proper noun

Denby (countable and uncountable, plural Denbys)

  1. A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3946).
  2. An unincorporated community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States.
  3. A habitational surname.

Forms of Denby

pluralDenbys

Origin of Denby

From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Danby.

Words formed from Denby

Questions about Denby

What does Denby mean?
Denby means a village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3946).
What part of speech is Denby?
Denby is a proper noun.

Words near Denby in the dictionary

  1. Denbighshire
  2. denbinobin
  3. Denbow
  4. Denbows
  5. denbufylline
  6. Denby
  7. Denby Dale
  8. Denbys
  9. Dence
  10. dench
  11. Denchworth

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