Woodbury

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0187).

OriginOld English wudu →
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Meanings

proper nounWoodbury (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburys)

plural Woodburys

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0187).
    2. countableuncountableA rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.
    3. countableuncountableA small settlement near Geraldine, in southern Canterbury, New Zealand.
    4. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Irvine, California.
    5. countableuncountableA town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
    6. countableuncountableA town in Meriwether County, Georgia.
    7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Illinois.
    8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
    9. countableuncountableA tiny city in Butler County, Kentucky.
    10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Sunfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan.
    11. countableuncountableA city in Washington County, Minnesota.
    12. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    13. countableuncountableA hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York.
    14. countableuncountableA town and village in Orange County, New York.
    15. countableuncountableA small borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
    16. countableuncountableA town, the county seat of Cannon County, Tennessee.
    17. countableuncountableA town in Washington County, Vermont.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishwudu“wood”
  2. EnglishWoodbury

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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