Canterbury

See also: canterbury

English

Canterbury in New Zealand

Etymology

From Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burg.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæntəɹbəɹi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæntəb(ə)ɹɪ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛntəb(ə)ɹi/

• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

Canterbury

1. A cathedral city in Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1457).
2. A local government district with borough status in Kent, England, the City of Canterbury, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city itself.
3. The episcopal see of Canterbury or the occupant thereof (the full title used for the archbishop).
4. (metonymic) The Anglican Communion.
5. A suburb of Sydney in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.
6. A small settlement in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia.
7. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia.
8. A village and parish of York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
9. A suburb of Montego Bay, Jamaica.
10. A region in the South Island, New Zealand.
    • 2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

      A New Zealand linguistics doctorate graduate from the University of Canterbury has completed a world-first study into colloquial Antarctic English, spoken at the US, British and New Zealand Antarctic research stations.

11. A locality in the United States.
    1. A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
    2. An unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware.
    3. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
    4. An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

• (New Zealand) Cantabrian
• Canterburian
• canterbury
• Canterbury-Bankstown
• Canterbury bells
• Canterbury gallop
• Canterbury sound

Translations

cathedral city in England

• Arabic: كانتربيري (kantirbiri)
• Armenian: Քենթերբերի (Kʻentʻerberi)
• Belarusian: Ке́нтэрберы m (Kjénterbjery)
• Bulgarian: Кентърбъри m (Kentărbări)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坎特伯雷 (Kǎntèbóléi)

• Czech: Canterbury (cs) n
• Dutch: Kantelberg (historical)
• Finnish: Canterbury
• French: Cantorbéry (fr) m

  Old French: Cantorbire, Quantorbire

• Georgian: კენტერბერი (ḳenṭerberi)
• Greek: Κάντερμπερι (el) (Kántermperi), Καντερβουρία (el) f (Kantervouría)
• Icelandic: Kantaraborg f
• Italian: Canterbury f
• Japanese: カンタベリー (Kantaberī)
• Kazakh: Кентербери (Kenterberiy)
• Korean: 캔터베리 (kaenteoberi)
• Kyrgyz: Кентербери (Kenterberi)
• Latin: Durovernum n, (Medieval Latin) Cantuāria f
• Latvian: Kenterberija f
• Lithuanian: Kenterberis m
• Macedonian: Ка́нтербери m (Kánterberi)
• Malayalam: കാന്റർബറി (kānṟaṟbaṟi)
• Marathi: कँटर्बरी (kĕṇṭarbarī), कँटब्री (kĕṇṭabrī)
• Middle English: Caunterbury, Canterburi
• Norman: Cantorbéry
• Old English: Cantwara burg f
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Conturbe f
• Old Norse: Kantaraborg f, Kantarabyrgi n
• Polish: Canterbury (pl) n
• Portuguese: Cantuária (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਕੈਂਟਰਬਰੀ (kaiṇṭrabarī)
• Russian: Ке́нтербери m (Kénterberi)
• Spanish: Canterbury (es), Cantórbery (es)
• Tagalog: Kanterbury
• Telugu: కాంటర్బరీ (kāṇṭarbarī)
• Ukrainian: Ке́нтербері m (Kénterberi)
• Welsh: Caergaint f

See also

• Canterbury on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Canterbury on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Canterbury, from Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.tɛʁ.bœ.ʁi/

Proper noun

Canterbury m

1. Canterbury (a cathedral city in Kent, England)

   Synonym: Cantorbéry

2. Canterbury (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Canterbury, from Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtɛr.bu.ri/, (high-style, less-preferred) /ˈkan.ter.bu.ri/
• Rhymes: -ɛrburi, (high-style, less-preferred) -anterburi
• Hyphenation: Can‧tèr‧bu‧ry, (high-style, less-preferred) Càn‧ter‧bu‧ry

Proper noun

Canterbury f

1. Canterbury (a cathedral city in Kent, England)
2. Canterbury (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Middle English

Proper noun

Canterbury

1. alternative form of Caunterbury

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Canterbury, from Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burh.

Proper noun

Canterbury ?

1. Canterbury (a cathedral city in Kent, England)

   Synonym: (now rare) Cantórbery

2. Canterbury (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)