Meanings
proper noun
- A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4656).
Today it is a 10-mile (16km) vegetated shingle spit, joined to the mainland just south of Aldeburgh, and is also home to a large colony of grey seals.
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Origin
- Old Englishburh“fortified place”
- Old Englisheald“old”
- EnglishAldeburgh
From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, and Oldbury. Compare Oldenburg.
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APA
Aldeburgh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aldeburgh
MLA
“Aldeburgh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aldeburgh. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Aldeburgh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aldeburgh.
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