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Selby

/ˈsɛlbi/

Selby proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6132).

Proper noun

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6132).
  2. A former local government district in North Yorkshire headquartered in the town, formed in 1974 and abolished in 2023 without replacement.
  3. A village in the town of Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
  5. A township in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.
  6. A small city, the county seat of Walworth County, South Dakota, United States.
  7. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  8. A suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
  9. A habitational surname from Old Norse.
  10. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Forms of Selby

pluralSelbys

Origin of Selby

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).

Questions about Selby

What does Selby mean?
Selby means a town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6132).
What part of speech is Selby?
Selby is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Selby?
Selby is pronounced /ˈsɛlbi/.

Words near Selby in the dictionary

  1. Selborne
  2. Selbornian
  3. Selbornians
  4. Selbourne
  5. selbri
  6. Selby
  7. Selbys
  8. selca
  9. SELCAL
  10. SELCALed
  11. SELCALing

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