Bury.
A place in England:
Meaning & usage
A place in England: A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2883).
A place in England: A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester.
A place in England: A hamlet in Brompton Regis parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref SS9427).
A place in England: A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0113).
A place in England: Ellipsis of Bury St Edmunds.
A village in Péruwelz municipality, Hainaut province, Belgium.
A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France.
A municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
The place name means "fort," from Old English burg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and burgh.
Try it on your idea.
Bury has 4 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.