Etymology

Canonbury

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Today it means: A suburb of London in the borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3284). Full definition →

Middle English canoun ← Old English burh
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  1. Old English · derived fromburh
  2. Middle English · derived fromcanoun
  3. English todayCanonbury

From canon + -bury, recorded as Canonesbury 1373, from Middle English canoun + Old English burh, byrig.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishcanoun all →

canon

Old Englishburh all →

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