Sudbury
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Definitions
- 1 A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1632).
- 2 A suburb and ward in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1685).
- 3 A market town and civil parish with a town council in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8741).
- 4 A city in northern Ontario, Canada, properly Greater Sudbury.
"This can be tedious, especially the minutiae of French laws and policies in Canada. When the discussion zooms in on a hot debate on raising the Franco-Ontarian flag in Sudbury, Ontario, it is hard not to feel that the topic of French in Canada has perhaps been exhausted."
- 5 A district in northern Ontario; in full, Sudbury District.
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- 6 A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- 7 A town in Rutland County, Vermont.
Example
More examples"This can be tedious, especially the minutiae of French laws and policies in Canada. When the discussion zooms in on a hot debate on raising the Franco-Ontarian flag in Sudbury, Ontario, it is hard not to feel that the topic of French in Canada has perhaps been exhausted."
Etymology
From Old English suþ (“south”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Southborough and Southbury.
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