name
Meaning 1
A cathedral city in Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1457).
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Standard Lemma guide
Canterbury
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US: /ˈkæntəɹbəɹi/
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UK: /ˈkæntəb(ə)ɹɪ/
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New-Zealand: /ˈkɛntəb(ə)ɹi/
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name
Meaning 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.
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Meaning 3
The episcopal see of Canterbury or the occupant thereof (the full title used for the archbishop).
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Meaning 4
The Anglican Communion.
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Meaning 5
A suburb of Sydney in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.
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Meaning 6
A small settlement in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia.
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Meaning 7
A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia.
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Meaning 8
A village and parish of York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Meaning 9
A suburb of Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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Meaning 10
A region in the South Island, New Zealand.
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Meaning 11
A locality in the United States.
A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
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Meaning 12
A locality in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware.
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Meaning 13
A locality in the United States.
A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
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Meaning 14
A locality in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
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noun
Meaning 15
A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.
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noun
Meaning 16
a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church
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Broader terms: town
History
Etymology
From Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burg.
From Canterbury.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: كانتربيري (kantirbiri) — cathedral city in England
- Armenian: Քենթերբերի (Kʻentʻerberi) — cathedral city in England
- Belarusian: Ке́нтэрберы (Kjénterbjery) — cathedral city in England
- Bulgarian: Кентърбъри (Kentǎrbǎri) — cathedral city in England
- Chinese Mandarin: 坎特伯雷 (Kǎntèbóléi) — cathedral city in England
- Czech: Canterbury — cathedral city in England
- Dutch: Kantelberg — cathedral city in England
- Finnish: Canterbury — cathedral city in England
- French: Cantorbéry — cathedral city in England
- Old French: Cantorbire — cathedral city in England
- Old French: Quantorbire — cathedral city in England
- Georgian: კენტერბერი (ḳenṭerberi) — cathedral city in England
- Greek: Κάντερμπερι (Kántermperi) — cathedral city in England
- Greek: Καντερβουρία (Kantervouría) — cathedral city in England
- Icelandic: Kantaraborg — cathedral city in England
- Italian: Canterbury — cathedral city in England
- Japanese: カンタベリー (Kantaberī) — cathedral city in England
- Kazakh: Кентербери (Kenterberi) — cathedral city in England
- Korean: 캔터베리 (kaenteoberi) — cathedral city in England
- Kyrgyz: Кентербери (Kenterberi) — cathedral city in England
- Latin: Durovernum — cathedral city in England
- Latin: Cantuāria — cathedral city in England
- Latvian: Kenterberija — cathedral city in England
- Lithuanian: Kenterberis — cathedral city in England
- Macedonian: Ка́нтербери (Kánterberi) — cathedral city in England
- Malayalam: കാന്റർബറി (kānṟaṟbaṟi) — cathedral city in England
- Marathi: कँटर्बरी (kĕṇṭarbarī) — cathedral city in England
- Marathi: कँटब्री (kĕṇṭabrī) — cathedral city in England
- Middle English: Caunterbury — cathedral city in England
- Middle English: Canterburi — cathedral city in England
- Norman: Cantorbéry — cathedral city in England
- Old English: Cantwara burg — cathedral city in England
- Old Galician-Portuguese: Conturbe — cathedral city in England
- Old Norse: Kantaraborg — cathedral city in England
- Old Norse: Kantarabyrgi — cathedral city in England
- Polish: Canterbury — cathedral city in England
- Portuguese: Cantuária — cathedral city in England
- Punjabi: ਕੈਂਟਰਬਰੀ (kaiṇṭrabarī) — cathedral city in England
- Russian: Ке́нтербери (Kénterberi) — cathedral city in England
- Spanish: Canterbury — cathedral city in England
- Spanish: Cantórbery — cathedral city in England
- Tagalog: Kanterbury — cathedral city in England
- Telugu: కాంటర్బరీ (kāṇṭarbarī) — cathedral city in England
- Ukrainian: Ке́нтербері (Kénterberi) — cathedral city in England
- Welsh: Caergaint — cathedral city in England
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