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Whitby

Syllables: Whit·by/ˈwɪtbi/

Whitby proper noun: a town, seaport, and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8911).

Proper noun

Whitby (countable and uncountable, plural Whitbys)

  1. A town, seaport, and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8911).
  2. A town in the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada.
  3. An unincorporated community and coal town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
  4. A suburb of Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand.
  5. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
  6. (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Whitby

pluralWhitbys
alternative formWhidbee
alternative formWhidby

Origin of Whitby

From Old Norse hvítr býr (“white town”). Equivalent to white + -by.

Words formed from Whitby

Questions about Whitby

What does Whitby mean?
Whitby means a town, seaport, and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8911).
What part of speech is Whitby?
Whitby is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Whitby?
Whitby is pronounced /ˈwɪtbi/.

Words near Whitby in the dictionary

  1. Whitbian
  2. Whitbourn
  3. Whitbourne
  4. Whitbread
  5. Whitburn
  6. Whitby
  7. Whitbyan
  8. Whitbys
  9. Whitcher
  10. Whitchers
  11. Whitchurch

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