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Ashbury
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English
Etymology
The first element comes from en ang æsċ ash tree, while the second element could be either from ang beorg mountain, hill or ang byriġ, the dative case of ang burg fortified place.
Pronunciation
en /ˈæʃbɛɹi/ /ˈæʃbəɹi/
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
en small village par/Northlew dist/West Devon co/Devon cc/England OS grid ref SX5097.
en village/and/cpar in dist/Vale of White Horse co/Oxfordshire cc/England on the boundary of x/Berkshire and x/Wiltshire and historically in Berkshire OS grid ref SU2685. Parish map (Oxfordshire)
en suburb town/Bangor co/Down cc/Northern Ireland.
en suburb city/Bloemfontein p:suf/Free State c/South Africa.
en suburb city/Sydney in the city:Pref/Canterbury-Bankstown s/New South Wales c/Australia; a portmanteau of en Ashfield and en Canterbury.
en countable en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Haight-Ashbury
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ashbury is the 137532nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 166 individuals.
References
ashbury
en terms suffixed with -bury