Whitby
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hvítr býr (“white town”). Equivalent to white + -by.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Whitby (countable and uncountable, plural Whitbys)
- A placename:
- A town, seaport, and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8911). [1]
- A town in the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
- A suburb of Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand. [2]
- A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.
See also
[edit]Whitby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Whitby Tourist Information
References
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- en:Towns in North Yorkshire, England
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