Kirkby
English
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Etymology
[edit]From kirk + -by. From Old Scandinavian / Old Norse kirkja+býr, a village with a church.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɝbi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɜːbi/
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bi
Proper noun
[edit]Kirkby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkbys)
- A placename
- A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4198).
- A small village in Osgodby parish, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0692). [1]
- A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5306). [2]
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Derived terms
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[edit]Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -by
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)bi
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)bi/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Towns in Merseyside, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Places in Merseyside, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse