Ashburton

English

Etymology

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

Proper noun

Ashburton

  1. A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569). [1]
  2. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
  3. A river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
  4. A large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.[2]
  5. A river (with two branches) in Canterbury, New Zealand which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
  6. A territorial authority that includes the town, in Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Ashburton District.
  7. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  8. A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Devon)
  2. ^ NZ Topo Map
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