Bury

See also: bury and -bury

English

Etymology

The place name means "fort," from Old English burg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and burgh.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bury (countable and uncountable, plural Burys)

  1. A place in England:
    1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2883). [1]
    2. A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester. [2]
    3. A hamlet in Brompton Regis parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref SS9427).
    4. A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0113). [3]
    5. Ellipsis of Bury St Edmunds.
  2. A village in Péruwelz municipality, Hainaut province, Belgium.
  3. A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France.
  4. A municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Bury is the 11296th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2796 individuals. Bury is most common among White (91.24%) individuals.

References

  • A brief history of Bury, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Further reading

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

From bury.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.rɘ/
  • Rhymes: -urɘ
  • Syllabification: Bu‧ry
  • Homophone: bury

Proper noun

Bury m pers (female equivalent Bura or Bury)

  1. a surname

Further reading

  • Bury”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022