# Banbury

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbænbɹi/ · frequency rank #44,634

## Definitions
1. A market town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Cherwell in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4540).

## Etymology
From Old English Bannanburg, from Old English *Banna (“name of a 6th-century Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade in that place”) or bana, bona (“a byname meaning ‘felon, murderer’”) (see bane) + burgh (“borough; settlement; town”).

## Easily confused with
- **Bunbury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banbury-vs-bunbury)
- **Barbary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banbury-vs-barbary)
- **Bradbury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banbury-vs-bradbury)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abnbury`, `babnury`, `banbbury`, `banbruy`, `banburry`, `banburyy`, `banbuyr`, `bannbury`, `banubry`, `bbanbury`, `bnabury`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/banbury