Albury
English edit
Etymology edit
From eald (“old”) + burg (“fort”). Compare other placenames, such as Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, Aldeburgh and Aldeby, and German Oldenburg.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Albury (countable and uncountable, plural Alburys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4324).
- A village in Tiddington-with-Albury parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6505).
- A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0547).
- A major city in New South Wales, Australia, near the border with the neighbouring state of Victoria.
- A town in Ontario, Canada.
- A village in New Zealand.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
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Translations edit
city in New South Wales, Australia
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Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Albury is the 18177th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1531 individuals. Albury is most common among White (50.42%) and Black/African American (39.32%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Albury”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 20.