Ashbury

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/ˈæʃbɛɹi//ˈæʃbəɹi/

proper noun

A small village in Northlew parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5097).

OriginOld English æsċ →
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Meanings

proper nounAshbury (countable and uncountable, plural Ashburys)

plural Ashburys

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA small village in Northlew parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5097).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, on the boundary of Berkshire and Wiltshire, and historically in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU2685).
    3. countableuncountableA suburb of Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
    4. countableuncountableA suburb of Bloemfontein, Free State province, South Africa.
    5. countableuncountableA suburb of Sydney in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia; a portmanteau of Ashfield and Canterbury.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishæsċ“ash tree”
  2. EnglishAshbury

The first element comes from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”), while the second element could be either from beorg (“mountain, hill”) or byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

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Anagrams

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APA

Ashbury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashbury

MLA

“Ashbury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashbury. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ashbury,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashbury.

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