"Appleby" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Applebys [plural]
Etymology: From Old English æppel and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), from the root of the verb Old Norse búa (“to dwell”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|æppel}} Old English æppel, {{der|en|non|býr|t=farm, town}} Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), {{cog|non|búa|t=to dwell}} Old Norse búa (“to dwell”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Applebys}} Appleby (countable and uncountable, plural Applebys)
  1. A place name.
    The historical county town of Westmorland, UK, now named Appleby-in-Westmorland (except for the railway station).
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Appleby-en-name-Vl9Uyo5b
  2. A place name.
    A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9514).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Lincolnshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Lincolnshire, England
    Sense id: en-Appleby-en-name-mXK30ouE
  3. A place name.
    A locality in Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in New Zealand, Villages in New Zealand
    Sense id: en-Appleby-en-name-kDvye-r-
  4. A place name.
    A suburb of Invercargill, New Zealand.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in New Zealand, Suburbs in New Zealand
    Sense id: en-Appleby-en-name-t2ACKix4
  5. A place name.
    An unincorporated community in Codington County, South Dakota, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in South Dakota, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in South Dakota, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Appleby-en-name-IiWFLPzs
  6. A place name.
    A small city in Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Texas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Appleby-en-name-8wewuwc9
  7. A place name.
    A community in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario, Villages in Canada, Villages in Ontario
    Sense id: en-Appleby-en-name-HrqjWcDe
  8. A surname derived from the English place name. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Appleby-en-name-0rDBGwhL Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Applebee Derived forms: Appleby-in-Westmorland, Appleby Magna, According to the 2010 United States Census, Appleby is the 6161st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5556 individuals. Appleby is most common among White (88.41%) individuals.

Inflected forms

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          "Texas#English"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Canada",
        "en:Places in Ontario",
        "en:Villages in Canada",
        "en:Villages in Ontario"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place name.",
        "A community in Burlington, Ontario, Canada."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "community",
          "community"
        ],
        [
          "Burlington",
          "Burlington#English"
        ],
        [
          "Ontario",
          "Ontario#English"
        ],
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname derived from the English place name."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Applebee"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Appleby"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-03-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-03-01 using wiktextract (68773ab and 5f6ddbb). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.