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See also: abbey
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Abbey
- A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew.
- A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.
- A British surname.
- (London) Westminster Abbey.
- (Scotland) The precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood.
- A place name:
- A hamlet in Dunkeswell parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, probably named for the local abbey (OS grid ref ST1410).
- A small village south-east of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland (Irish grid ref M 5043).
- A village west of Portumna, County Galway (Irish grid ref M 7305).
- A village in the Rural Municipality of Miry Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after a farm in Ireland.
- A suburb of Busselton, Western Australia, named after landholder D. Abbey.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “Abbey, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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