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Groby

Groby proper noun: a village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5207).

Proper noun

Groby (countable and uncountable, plural Grobys)

  1. A village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5207).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Groby

pluralGrobys

Origin of Groby

Perhaps from Old Norse gróf (“pit, hollow, gully”) + býr (“farmstead”).

Questions about Groby

What does Groby mean?
Groby means a village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5207).
What part of speech is Groby?
Groby is a proper noun.

Words near Groby in the dictionary

  1. grobian
  2. grobianism
  3. grobians
  4. Grobiņa
  5. Grobs
  6. Groby
  7. Grobys
  8. Groce
  9. grocer
  10. grocer's
  11. grocer's itch

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