Caunterbury
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English Cantwara byriġ, dative and genitive of Cantwara burg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkau̯ntərburiː/, /ˈkantərburiː/
Proper noun
Caunterbury
- Canterbury (a cathedral city in modern Kent, England)
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 15-16.
- And specially from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,- And specially from every shire's end
Of England they to Canterbury went,
- And specially from every shire's end
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 15-16.
Descendants
- English: Canterbury
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