Caunterbury
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English Cantwaraburh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkau̯ntərburiː/, /ˈkantərburiː/
Proper noun
Caunterbury
- Canterbury
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 15-16.
- And specially from every shires ende
- Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
- And specially from every shire's end
- Of England they to Canterbury went,
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 15-16.
Descendants
- English: Canterbury
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