Ashburton

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proper noun

A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).

OriginOld English æsc →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).
  2. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
  3. A river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
  4. A large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
  5. A river (with two branches) in Canterbury, New Zealand which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
  6. A territorial authority that includes the town, in Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Ashburton District.
  7. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  8. A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Origin

  1. Old Englishæsc“ashtree”
  2. EnglishAshburton

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

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APA

Ashburton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashburton

MLA

“Ashburton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashburton. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ashburton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashburton.

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