# Newbury

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /njubəɹi/ · frequency rank #28,640

## Definitions
1. A place in England:
2. A place in England:
3. A place in England:
4. A place in England:
5. A village in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A place in the United States:
9. A place in the United States:
10. A place in the United States:
11. A place in the United States:
12. A small rural settlement near Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand.
13. A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
14. A surname.

## Etymology
From Old English niwe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Newburgh.

## Easily confused with
- **Newry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newbury-vs-newry)
- **newborn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newborn-vs-newbury)
- **Newberry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newberry-vs-newbury)
- **Newburgh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newburgh-vs-newbury)

## Common misspellings (11)
`enwbury`, `nebwury`, `newbbury`, `newbruy`, `newburry`, `newburyy`, `newbuyr`, `newubry`, `newwbury`, `nnewbury`, `nwebury`

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