Tisbury
English
Etymology
From Old English personal name *Tyssi, genitive case *Tysses + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).
Proper noun
Tisbury
- A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9429). [1]
- A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. [2]
- A town on Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.
References
Further reading
- “East Tisbury and West Tisbury”, in Survey of English Place-Names, Nottingham University, n.d.