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Whitby

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

Whitby Coastal town in n Yorkshire, England. Saint Hilda founded an abbey here in 657, which was destroyed by the Danes in the 9th century. In c.663, the Synod of Whitby was held at the abbey. The subsequent break with the Celtic Church placed the English Church in line with mainstream European Christian theology.

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Whitby

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Whitby, Canada, UK UK (N. Yorkshire/England): formerly Witeby ‘White Village’ or ‘Hvíti's Village’ from an Old Scandinavian personal name, possibly meaning the ‘White One’, and bý.

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Whitby

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Whitby Ches. Witeberia, Witebia c.1100, Whiteby 1241. ‘White (i.e. stone-built) manor-house or village’. OE hwīt + burh (dative byrig) replaced by OScand. bý.

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Whitby

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Whitby town (1991 pop. 61,281), SE Ont., Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario. It has a good harbor. The town's manufactures include tires and electronic equipment.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Whitby N. Yorks. Witeby 1086 (DB). ‘White farmstead or village, or of a man called Hvíti’. OScand. hvítr or pers. name + bý.

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Whitby

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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