Albury
English
Etymology
From eald (“old”) + burg (“fort”). Compare other placenames, such as Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, Aldeburgh and Aldeby, and German Oldenburg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔːlbəɹi/
Proper noun
Albury (countable and uncountable, plural Alburys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4324). [1]
- A village in Tiddington-with-Albury parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6505).
- A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0547). [2]
- A major city in New South Wales, Australia, near the border with the neighbouring state of Victoria.
- A town in Ontario, Canada.
- A small village in Mackenzie district, Canterbury, New Zealand. [3]
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
- Albury End
- Albury Heath
- Albury Park
- Tiddington-with-Albury
Translations
city in New South Wales, Australia
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Albury is the 18177th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1531 individuals. Albury is most common among White (50.42%) and Black/African American (39.32%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Albury”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 20.