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Tisbury

Tisbury proper noun: a village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9429).

Proper noun

Tisbury

  1. A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9429).
  2. A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
  3. A town on Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.

Origin of Tisbury

From Old English personal name *Tyssi, genitive case *Tysses + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

Phrases with Tisbury

Questions about Tisbury

What does Tisbury mean?
Tisbury means a village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9429).
What part of speech is Tisbury?
Tisbury is a proper noun.

Words near Tisbury in the dictionary

  1. tisane
  2. tisanes
  3. tisans
  4. tisar
  5. tisars
  6. Tisbury
  7. Tiscareno
  8. Tiscarenos
  9. Tisch
  10. tischendorfite
  11. Tischer

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