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Whitby

town · North Yorkshire

Old NorseAI-generated

Whitby means 'white settlement'. It is composed of the Old Norse word for white and 'by' meaning settlement or village.

Word origins

Whit
Old Norsewhite(from hvítr "white")
by
Old Norsefarmstead, village(from býr "farmstead, village")

Historical forms

Hwitebi · Witebi