Word.ws English Dictionary

Newburgh

Newburgh proper noun: a town in Fife council area, Scotland, situated on the Firth of Tay (OS grid ref NO2318).

Proper noun

Newburgh

  1. A town in Fife council area, Scotland, situated on the Firth of Tay (OS grid ref NO2318).
  2. A coastal village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, near the mouth of the Ythan (OS grid ref NJ9925).
  3. A hamlet in north Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NJ9659).
  4. A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4810).
  5. A locality and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE5476).
  6. A community and former village in Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
  7. A town on the Ohio River in Warrick County, Indiana, United States.
  8. A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
  9. A city and town in Orange County, New York, United States, named after Newburgh, Fife.
  10. A former township, now part of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

Origin of Newburgh

From Old English nĭwe burh, equivalent to new + burgh. Doublet of Newbury.

Words formed from Newburgh

Questions about Newburgh

What does Newburgh mean?
Newburgh means a town in Fife council area, Scotland, situated on the Firth of Tay (OS grid ref NO2318).
What part of speech is Newburgh?
Newburgh is a proper noun.

Words near Newburgh in the dictionary

  1. newbs
  2. newbuild
  3. newbuilding
  4. newbuilds
  5. newbuilt
  6. Newburgh
  7. Newburn
  8. Newburns
  9. Newbury
  10. Newbury Park
  11. Newburyport

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Newburgh (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Newburgh.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/newburgh. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.