Etymology

Holmby

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Today it means: A small village in Skåne, Sweden. Full definition →

Swedish Holmby ← Old Swedish holmber
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The story

  1. Old Swedish · derived fromholmber“holm, islet”
  2. Swedish · borrowed fromHolmby
  3. English todayHolmby

* (Places in United States and England): Variant of Holdenby. * (Place in Sweden): From Swedish Holmby, from Old Swedish holmber (“holm, islet”) + bȳ (“village, farm, town”).

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