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Westbury

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From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west + -bury.

proper noun Westburys

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6235).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3509).
  3. countable, uncountable A town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST868511).
  4. countable, uncountable A suburb of Limerick, within County Clare, Ireland.
  5. countable, uncountable A township municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  6. countable, uncountable A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
  7. countable, uncountable A village in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States.
  8. countable, uncountable A hamlet in the towns of Victory, Cayuga County and Butler, Wayne County, New York.
  9. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood in south-west Houston, Texas, United States.
  10. countable, uncountable A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  11. countable, uncountable A town in Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  12. countable, uncountable A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
  13. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{westbury_2026,
  title = {Westbury},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/westbury},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}