Bury

See also: bury and -bury

English

Etymology

The place name means "fort," from Old English burg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and burgh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹi/
• Homophones: berry, Berry, bury

Proper noun

Bury (countable and uncountable, plural Burys)

1. A place in England:
   1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2883).
   2. A town and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester.
   3. A hamlet in Brompton Regis parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref SS9427).
   4. A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0113).
   5. Short for Bury St Edmunds.
2. A village in Péruwelz municipality, Hainaut province, Belgium.
3. A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France.
4. A municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Bury St Edmunds

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bury is the 11296^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2796 individuals. Bury is most common among White (91.24%) individuals.

References

• A brief history of Bury, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bury”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 258.

Anagrams

• Ruby, ruby

Polish

Etymology

From bury.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.rɘ/
• Rhymes: -urɘ
• Syllabification: Bu‧ry
• Homophone: bury

Proper noun

Bury m pers (female equivalent Bura or Bury)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Bury”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022