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Ashby.

A surname.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. A surname.

  2. A male given name.

  3. Clipping of Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
  4. A southern suburb of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8908).

  5. A locality and former civil parish, now in Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4899).

  6. A number of places in the United States: A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Grant County, Minnesota.

  8. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Grant County, Nebraska.

  9. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Virginia.

  10. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Warren County, Virginia.

  11. A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

  12. Former name of Geelong West, Victoria, Australia.

  13. A suburb of Perth in the City of Wanneroo, Western Australia.

Where this word comes from

From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).

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