Bury

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See also: bury and -bury

English

 Bury (surname) on Wikipedia
 Bury on Wikipedia

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).
    2. A town and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester.
    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).
    5. Short for 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

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