Sudbury.
A place in England:
Meaning & usage
A place in England: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1632).
A place in England: A suburb and ward in the borough of Brent, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1685).
A place in England: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8741).
A place in Canada A city, a municipality in northern Ontario; in full, Greater Sudbury; established 2001.
A place in Canada A district in northern Ontario; in full, Sudbury District; Greater Sudbury exists as an enclave fully enclosed within the district, but administered separately.
A place in Canada A former regional municipality of the Sudbury District, Northern Ontario, Ontario; in full, Regional Municipality of Sudbury; created in 1973, carved out of the eponymous district; that was merged into Greater Sudbury in 2001.
A place in Canada A former city in Regional Municipality of Sudbury, Sudbury District, in Northern Ontario; established in 1883 as Sainte-Anne-des-Pins; that was merged into Greater Sudbury in 2001.
A place in the United States: A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
A place in the United States: A town in Rutland County, Vermont.
Where this word comes from
From Old English suþ (“south”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Southborough, Southbury, and Sudborough.
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