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Norby

Norby proper noun: a hamlet in Thirsk parish, Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4282).

Proper noun

Norby (countable and uncountable, plural Norbys)

  1. A hamlet in Thirsk parish, Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4282).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Norby

pluralNorbys

Origin of Norby

From Old Norse norðr (“north”) + býr (“farmstead”). The surname could also be a variant of some Scandinavian surnames, such as Nordby or Norrby.

Questions about Norby

What does Norby mean?
Norby means a hamlet in Thirsk parish, Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4282).
What part of speech is Norby?
Norby is a proper noun.

Words near Norby in the dictionary

  1. Norbugang
  2. norbuprenorphine
  3. Norbury
  4. Norbury and Roston
  5. Norburys
  6. Norby
  7. Norbys
  8. NORC
  9. NorCal
  10. norcamphane
  11. norcamphor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Norby (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.

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