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Tenby

Tenby proper noun: a coastal town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1300).

Proper noun

Tenby

  1. A coastal town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1300).

Origin of Tenby

From Welsh din ("fort") + bych, variant form of bychan (“small”). Doublet of Denbigh.

Words formed from Tenby

Questions about Tenby

What does Tenby mean?
Tenby means a coastal town and community with a town council in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1300).
What part of speech is Tenby?
Tenby is a proper noun.

Words near Tenby in the dictionary

  1. Tenbosch
  2. Tenbrink
  3. Tenbrinks
  4. Tenbury
  5. Tenbury Wells
  6. Tenby
  7. Tenby Point
  8. tencephalon
  9. tench
  10. tencha
  11. tenches

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