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Hanbury

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1727).
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A village in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref S09664).
  4. 4
    A settlement in Harley, Timiskaming District, north-east Ontario, Canada.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English hēan, accusative, dative and genitive case of hēah (“high”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

Etymology 2

Two main origins: * Habitational surname of Old English origin, from either of the two villages in England. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAinmhire (“descendant of Ainmhire”), a personal name composed of the elements ain- (“bad, unnatural”) + mire (“madness, frenzy, mania”).

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