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Warboys

UK/ˈwɔːbɔɪz/

Warboys proper noun: a village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).

Proper noun

Warboys (countable and uncountable, plural Warboyses)

  1. A village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Warboys

pluralWarboyses
alternative formWorboise
alternative formWorboyes
alternative formWorboys

Origin of Warboys

Inherited from Middle English Wardeboys; the placename is recorded in the Domesday Book as Wardebusc, suggesting a derivation from Old Norse varði (“beacon; landmark”) + buskr (“brushwood, bush”).

Questions about Warboys

What does Warboys mean?
Warboys means a village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).
What part of speech is Warboys?
Warboys is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Warboys?
Warboys is pronounced /ˈwɔːbɔɪz/ (UK).

Words near Warboys in the dictionary

  1. Warborough
  2. warbot
  3. warbots
  4. warbow
  5. warbows
  6. Warboys
  7. Warboyses
  8. Warbreck
  9. warbs
  10. Warburg
  11. Warburg effect

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