Banbury

English

Etymology

From Old English Bannanburg, from Old English *Banna (“name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place”) or bana, banna (“a byname meaning ‘felon, murderer’”) (see bane) + burgh (“borough; settlement; town”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbænbɹi/
• Hyphenation: Ban‧bu‧ry

Proper noun

Banbury

1. A market town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Cherwell in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4540).

Derived terms

• Banbury cake
• Banbury mixer
• Banbury story
• Banbury story of a cock and a bull
• Banbury tart

 

Noun

Banbury (countable and uncountable, plural Banburies)

1. A Banbury cake.
2. (historical) A yellow, strongly-flavoured cheese.
3. (historical) A type of codebreaking sheet printed in Banbury and used by Bletchley Park to decipher the Enigma cipher during World War II.

Derived terms

• Banburismus

Anagrams

• Burnaby