Sudbury

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UK/sʌdbəɹi/

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1632).

OriginOld English suþ →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A place in England:
    1. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1632).
    2. A suburb and ward in the borough of Brent, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1685).
    3. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8741).
  2. A place in Canada
    1. A city, a municipality in northern Ontario; in full, Greater Sudbury; established 2001.

      This can be tedious, especially the minutiae of French laws and policies in Canada. When the discussion zooms in on a hot debate on raising the Franco-Ontarian flag in Sudbury, Ontario, it is hard not to feel that the topic of French in Canada has perhaps been exhausted.

      2006 November 29, William Grimes, “The French Have a (Precise and Elegant) Word for It”, in The New York Times
    2. A district in northern Ontario; in full, Sudbury District; Greater Sudbury exists as an enclave fully enclosed within the district, but administered separately.
    3. A former regional municipality of the Sudbury District, Northern Ontario, Ontario; in full, Regional Municipality of Sudbury; created in 1973, carved out of the eponymous district; that was merged into Greater Sudbury in 2001.
    4. A former city in Regional Municipality of Sudbury, Sudbury District, in Northern Ontario; established in 1883 as Sainte-Anne-des-Pins; that was merged into Greater Sudbury in 2001.
  3. A place in the United States:
    1. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    2. A town in Rutland County, Vermont.

Origin

  1. Old Englishsuþ“south”
  2. EnglishSudbury

From Old English suþ (“south”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Southborough, Southbury, and Sudborough.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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