Ashburton

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Ashburton

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From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

proper noun

A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).
A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
A river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
A large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
A river (with two branches) in Canterbury, New Zealand which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
A territorial authority that includes the town, in Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Ashburton District.
A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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"Ashburton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ashburton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{ashburton_2026,
  title = {Ashburton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ashburton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}