Digby
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English dīc (“dyke”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”).
The town in Nova Scotia is named after admiral Robert Digby (1732 - 1815).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Digby (countable and uncountable, plural Digbies)
- A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9591).
- A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0854).
- A town in Nova Scotia, Canada. [From 1783]
- A village in Victoria, Australia.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A barony in the peerage of Ireland.
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Digby (plural Digbies)
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪɡbi
- Rhymes:English/ɪɡbi/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Suburbs in Devon, England
- en:Places in Devon, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Lincolnshire, England
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- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Towns in Nova Scotia
- en:Towns in Canada
- en:Places in Nova Scotia
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Villages in Victoria
- en:Villages in Australia
- en:Places in Victoria
- en:Places in Australia
- English surnames
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