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Digby

Syllables: Dig·byUK/ˈdɪɡ.bi/

Digby proper noun: a suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9591). Also the ellipsis of Digby chicken.

Proper noun

Digby (countable and uncountable, plural Digbies)

  1. A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9591).
  2. A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0854).
  3. A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  4. A village in Victoria, Australia.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.
  6. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  7. A barony in the peerage of Ireland.

Also used as

Digby is also the ellipsis of Digby chicken.

Forms of Digby

Proper noun
pluralDigbies
Noun
pluralDigbies

Origin of Digby

From Old English dīc (“dyke”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after admiral Robert Digby (1732 - 1815).

Words formed from Digby

Phrases with Digby

Words that rhyme with Digby

Questions about Digby

What does Digby mean?
Digby means a suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9591).
What part of speech is Digby?
Digby is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Digby?
Digby is pronounced /ˈdɪɡ.bi/ (UK).

Words near Digby in the dictionary

  1. digastrici
  2. digastrics
  3. digastricus
  4. Digbeth
  5. Digbies
  6. Digby
  7. Digby chicken
  8. Digby chickens
  9. Digby County
  10. Digbyite
  11. Digbyites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Digby (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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