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Ashby

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From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).

proper noun Ashbee · Ashbey

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name.
  3. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of Ashby-de-la-Zouch
  4. A southern suburb of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE8908).
  5. A locality and former civil parish, now in Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4899).
  6. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  7. A minor city in Grant County, Minnesota.
  8. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Nebraska.
  9. An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Virginia.
  10. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Virginia.
  11. A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  12. Former name of Geelong West, Victoria, Australia.
  13. A suburb of Perth in the City of Wanneroo, Western Australia.

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@misc{ashby_2026,
  title = {Ashby},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ashby},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}