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Fosbury

Fosbury proper noun: a small village in Tidcombe and Fosbury parish, east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU3258).

Proper noun

Fosbury

  1. A small village in Tidcombe and Fosbury parish, east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU3258).
  2. A surname.

Origin of Fosbury

Inherited from Middle English Forstebury, from Old English *Forstabyriġ, dative of *Forstaburh, from forst (frost) + burh (“fort”).

Words formed from Fosbury

Phrases with Fosbury

Questions about Fosbury

What does Fosbury mean?
Fosbury means a small village in Tidcombe and Fosbury parish, east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU3258).
What part of speech is Fosbury?
Fosbury is a proper noun.

Words near Fosbury in the dictionary

  1. fosaprepitant
  2. fosbretabulin
  3. Fosbroke
  4. Fosburgh
  5. Fosburghs
  6. Fosbury
  7. Fosbury flop
  8. Fosbury flops
  9. foscarnet
  10. foscarnet sodium
  11. foscholine

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