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Banbury
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English
Etymology
en gmw-pro gem-pro ine-pro
From en ang Bannanburg, from en ang *Banna name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place or ang bana, ang bona a byname meaning ‘felon, murderer’ (see en bane) + en burgh borough; settlement; town.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbænbɹi/ RP,GA
en Ban bu ry
Proper noun
en market town/and/civil parish with a town council, on the River river/Cherwell in dist/Cherwell co/Oxfordshire cc/England OS grid ref SP4540. Parish map
Derived terms
en Banbury cake Banbury story Banbury mixer Banbury tart Banbury story of a cock and a bull
Noun
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A Banbury cake.
en historical A yellow, strongly-flavoured cheese.
en historical A type of codebreaking sheet printed in Banbury and used by Bletchley Park to decipher the Enigma cipher during World War II.
Derived terms
en Banburismus
References
Anagrams
en abbnruy Burnaby
en terms suffixed with -bury