westbury
/wˈɛstbˌɛɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6235).
Countable; Uncountable
name
A township municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A village in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A hamlet in the towns of Victory, Cayuga County and Butler, Wayne County, New York.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west + -bury.
Origin
- Source language: Old English