Woodbury
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English wudu (“wood”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
Proper noun
[edit]Woodbury (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England, (OS grid ref SY0187).
- A small township near Geraldine, in southern Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A neighbourhood of Irvine, California, United States.
- A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
- A town in Meriwether County, Georgia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana, United States.
- A tiny city in Butler County, Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Eaton County, Michigan, United States.
- A city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.
- A hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States.
- A town and village in Orange County, New York.
- A small borough of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A town, the county seat of Cannon County, Tennessee, United States.
- A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Woodbury is the 4924th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7144 individuals. Woodbury is most common among White (82.56%) and Black/African American (11.77%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Woodbury”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Devon, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
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- en:Townships
- en:Places in New Zealand
- en:Neighborhoods in California, USA
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in Connecticut, USA
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- en:Places in Connecticut, USA
- en:Towns in Georgia, USA
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Illinois, USA
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- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
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- en:Cities in Kentucky, USA
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- en:Places in Kentucky, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Michigan, USA
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- en:Cities in Minnesota, USA
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Cities in New Jersey, USA
- en:County seats of New Jersey, USA
- en:Places in New Jersey, USA
- en:Villages in New York, USA
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- en:Census-designated places in New York, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Towns in New York, USA
- en:Boroughs in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Towns in Tennessee, USA
- en:County seats of Tennessee, USA
- en:Places in Tennessee, USA
- en:Towns in Vermont, USA
- en:Places in Vermont, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -bury