canterbury
IPA: kˈæntɝbɛri
Root Word: Canterbury
noun
- A cathedral city in Kent, England.
- A local government district of Kent, England, the City of Canterbury, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city itself.
- A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.
- A small settlement in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia.
- A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia.
- A village and parish of York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A suburb of Montego Bay, Jamaica.
- A region in the South Island, New Zealand.
- A town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States.
- A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.
- A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.
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Examples of "canterbury" in Sentences
- The Idea of the Canterbury Tales.
- The Canterbury Tales was the result.
- Because it's not the canterbury tales.
- The windows in Canterbury are really adored.
- The Canterbury Tales are bawdy and irreverent.
- Canterbury fought back gamely after the break.
- Chaucer's Retraction is the final section of The Canterbury Tales.
- The fast was supported by the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
- He is the drummer and percussionist of the Canterbury scene band Caravan.
- He was not chosen archbishop of Canterbury by the chapter of Canterbury alone.