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Wetherby

Wetherby proper noun: a market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4048).

Proper noun

Wetherby (countable and uncountable, plural Wetherbys)

  1. A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4048).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Wetherby

pluralWetherbys
alternative formWeatherbee
alternative formWeatherby
alternative formWeathersby
alternative formWetherbee
alternative formWitherbee

Origin of Wetherby

From Old Norse veðr (“wether (sheep)”) + býr (“farmstead”).

Questions about Wetherby

What does Wetherby mean?
Wetherby means a market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4048).
What part of speech is Wetherby?
Wetherby is a proper noun.

Words near Wetherby in the dictionary

  1. wether
  2. Wetheral
  3. Wetherall
  4. Wetherbee
  5. Wetherbees
  6. Wetherby
  7. Wetherbys
  8. wethered
  9. Wetherell
  10. Wetherells
  11. Wetherhead

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