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Hornby

/ˈhɔːnbiː/ UK

proper noun Hornbys

countable, uncountable A village in Hornby-with-Farleton parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5868).
countable, uncountable A village and civil parish (served by Smeaton and Hornby Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ3605).
countable, uncountable A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2293).
countable, uncountable A community in the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.
countable, uncountable A town and hamlet therein, in Steuben County, New York, United States, named after landowner John Hornby.
countable, uncountable A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
countable, uncountable A surname derived from the English place name. The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-b

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@misc{hornby_2026,
  title = {Hornby},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hornby},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}