Banbury

English

Etymology

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’”) + burgh (“borough; settlement; town”) (from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“city, stronghold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”)).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Banbury

  1. A market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire.

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Noun

Banbury (plural Banburies)

  1. A Banbury cake.

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