derby
IPA: dˈɝbi
noun
- Any of several annual horse races.
- (by extension) Any organized race.
- (US) A bowler hat.
- (sports) A sports match between rival teams.
- (sports) A local derby.
- A city and unitary authority in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands, England; formerly the county town.
- A suburb of Barnstaple, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5633).
- A small town in Tasmania, Australia.
- A town in Kimberley, Western Australia.
- A locality in Langley district municipality, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.
- A parish and community therein, in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A small town in North West province, South Africa.
- Various places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Adams County, Colorado; much of Derby was annexed by Commerce City in 1962.
- A city in New Haven County, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community in Ford County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Mountain Township, Saline County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Union Township, Perry County, Indiana.
- A tiny city in Lucas County, Iowa.
- A city in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in St. Francois County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Frio County, Texas.
- A town in Orleans County, Vermont.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
- A type of cheese made in Derby, England.
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Examples of "derby" in Sentences
- A local rivlarly but not a derby.
- It borders Knotty Ash and West Derby.
- The derby is one of the oldest derby matches in the game.
- Derby brunch and dinner are also popular traditions at the club.
- At three, the colt ran second to Dr Devious in the 1992 Epsom Derby.
- The derby is at times classed as the most fragmatic derby in the orld.
- The derby is one of the oldest and fiercest derby matches in the game.
- This derby is,along with Tripoli's derby, the most prevalent in Libya.
- The derby is at times classed as the most fragmatic derby in the World.
- One of their horses named Lucky Debonair won the Kentucky Derby in 1965.
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