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Ingleby

Ingleby proper noun: a hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3426).

Proper noun

Ingleby (countable and uncountable, plural Inglebys)

  1. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3426).
  2. A hamlet in Saxilby with Ingleby parish, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8978).
  3. A ghost town in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  4. (countable) A habitation surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Ingleby

pluralInglebys
alternative formIngilby

Origin of Ingleby

From Old Norse Englar (“Englishman”) + býr (“village, settlement”).

Words formed from Ingleby

Questions about Ingleby

What does Ingleby mean?
Ingleby means a hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3426).
What part of speech is Ingleby?
Ingleby is a proper noun.

Words near Ingleby in the dictionary

  1. ingle nooks
  2. ingle-nook
  3. ingle-nooks
  4. Ingleborough
  5. Ingleburn
  6. Ingleby
  7. Ingleby Barwick
  8. Ingleby Greenhow
  9. Inglebys
  10. ingled
  11. Ingledew

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