Tunbridge

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proper noun

A locality in Northern Midlands council area and the Southern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.

OriginOld English tūn →
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Meanings

proper nounTunbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Tunbridges)

plural Tunbridges

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA locality in Northern Midlands council area and the Southern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States.
    3. countableuncountableA town in Orange County, Vermont, United States.
  2. countableA surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishtūn“enclosure; settlement, town”
  2. EnglishTunbridge

Habitational surname from any of various places called Tunbridge or Tonbridge, from Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).

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APA

Tunbridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tunbridge

MLA

“Tunbridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tunbridge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tunbridge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tunbridge.

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