Ashburton.
A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).
Meaning & usage
A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).
A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
A river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
A large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
A river (with two branches) in Canterbury, New Zealand which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
A territorial authority that includes the town, in Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Ashburton District.
A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Where this word comes from
From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).
Try it on your idea.
Ashburton has 9 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.