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Newbury

UK/njubəɹi/

Newbury proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4767).

Proper noun

Newbury

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4767).
    • A local government district in Berkshire formed in 1974 and renamed West Berkshire in April 1998.
  2. A hamlet in the south of Tonge parish, Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ9259).
  3. A hamlet in Coleford parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6950).
  4. A hamlet in Horningsham parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8241).
  5. A village in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A township in LaGrange County, Indiana.
  7. An unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
  8. A town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  9. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
  10. A township in Geauga County, Ohio.
  11. A town and village therein, in Orange County, Vermont.
  12. A small rural settlement near Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand.
  13. A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
  14. A surname.

Origin of Newbury

From Old English niwe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Newburgh.

Words formed from Newbury

Questions about Newbury

What does Newbury mean?
Newbury means a town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4767).
What part of speech is Newbury?
Newbury is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Newbury?
Newbury is pronounced /njubəɹi/ (UK).

Words near Newbury in the dictionary

  1. newbuilds
  2. newbuilt
  3. Newburgh
  4. Newburn
  5. Newburns
  6. Newbury
  7. Newbury Park
  8. Newburyport
  9. Newby
  10. Newby and Scalby
  11. Newby Bridge

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