Whitby
English
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editFrom Old Norse hvítr býr (“white town”). Equivalent to white + -by.
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editWhitby (countable and uncountable, plural Whitbies)
- A placename:
- A town, seaport, and civil parish with a town council in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ8911).
- A town in the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
- A suburb of Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand. [1]
- A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
See also
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Whitby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Whitby (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Whitby Tourist Information
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