"Banbury" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbænbɹi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: From Old English Bannanburg, from Old English *Banna (“name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place”) or bana, banna (“a byname meaning ‘felon, murderer’”) (see bane) + burgh (“borough; settlement; town”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro}}, {{inh|en|ang|Bannanburg}} Old English Bannanburg, {{der|en|ang|*Banna||name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place}} Old English *Banna (“name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Banbury
  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Cherwell in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4540). Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Oxfordshire, England, Towns in England, Towns in Oxfordshire, England Derived forms: Banbury cake, Banbury mixer, Banbury story, Banbury story of a cock and a bull, Banbury tart
    Sense id: en-Banbury-en-name-fwEwW96o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -bury, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 31 1 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -bury: 50 27 2 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 31 1 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 32 1 21

Noun

IPA: /ˈbænbɹi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Banburies [plural]
Etymology: From Old English Bannanburg, from Old English *Banna (“name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place”) or bana, banna (“a byname meaning ‘felon, murderer’”) (see bane) + burgh (“borough; settlement; town”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro}}, {{inh|en|ang|Bannanburg}} Old English Bannanburg, {{der|en|ang|*Banna||name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place}} Old English *Banna (“name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Banbury (countable and uncountable, plural Banburies)
  1. A Banbury cake. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: Banburismus
    Sense id: en-Banbury-en-noun-RbyXNbZ-
  2. (historical) A yellow, strongly-flavoured cheese. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Banbury-en-noun-EbUgg1Hh
  3. (historical) A type of codebreaking sheet printed in Banbury and used by Bletchley Park to decipher the Enigma cipher during World War II. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Banbury-en-noun-F3o6UhpJ

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