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Saintbury

Saintbury proper noun: a village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP116543).

Proper noun

Saintbury

  1. A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP116543).

Origin of Saintbury

Recorded in the 12ᵗʰ century as Seynesbury, from the Old English personal name Sǣwine + byriġ (“fortified place”).

Questions about Saintbury

What does Saintbury mean?
Saintbury means a village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP116543).
What part of speech is Saintbury?
Saintbury is a proper noun.

Words near Saintbury in the dictionary

  1. Saint-Véran
  2. Saint-Ybars
  3. Saint-Émilion
  4. Saint-Émilions
  5. Saint-Étienne
  6. Saintbury
  7. saintdom
  8. saintdoms
  9. Sainte Genevieve County
  10. Sainte-Adèle
  11. Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines

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