Ashburton

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ashburton

1. A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).
2. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
3. A river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
4. A district and large town therein, in Canterbury, New Zealand.
5. A river (with two branches) in Canterbury, New Zealand which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
6. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
7. A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Derived terms

• ashburtonite