Join free

Woodbury

English · Français

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

Woodbury

Where it comes from

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

proper noun Woodburys

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0187).
  2. countable, uncountable A rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  3. countable, uncountable A small settlement near Geraldine, in southern Canterbury, New Zealand.
  4. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Irvine, California.
  5. countable, uncountable A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  6. countable, uncountable A town in Meriwether County, Georgia.
  7. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Illinois.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
  9. countable, uncountable A tiny city in Butler County, Kentucky.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Sunfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan.
  11. countable, uncountable A city in Washington County, Minnesota.
  12. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Gloucester County, New Jersey.
  13. countable, uncountable A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York.
  14. countable, uncountable A town and village in Orange County, New York.
  15. countable, uncountable A small borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
  16. countable, uncountable A town, the county seat of Cannon County, Tennessee.
  17. countable, uncountable A town in Washington County, Vermont.
  18. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"Woodbury." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/woodbury. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Woodbury. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/woodbury

Chicago

"Woodbury." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/woodbury.

BibTeX
@misc{woodbury_2026,
  title = {Woodbury},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/woodbury},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}