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Tumby Bay

Tumby Bay proper noun: a bay and town on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

Proper noun

Tumby Bay

  1. A bay and town on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
  2. A local government area in this area of South Australia; in full, the District Council of Tumby Bay.

Origin of Tumby Bay

The bay was originally named by Matthew Flinders after Tumby in Lincolnshire. The town of Tumby Bay was named Tumby until 1984.

Questions about Tumby Bay

What does Tumby Bay mean?
Tumby Bay means a bay and town on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
What part of speech is Tumby Bay?
Tumby Bay is a proper noun.

Words near Tumby Bay in the dictionary

  1. Tumbuka
  2. Tumbukas
  3. Tumbula
  4. Tumbulgum
  5. Tumby
  6. Tumby Bay
  7. Tumby Woodside
  8. tumchaite
  9. tumefacient
  10. tumefaction
  11. tumefactions

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