Whitby

[ hwit-bee, wit- ]

/ ˈʰwɪt bi, ˈwɪt- /

noun

a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario.

a seaport in E North Yorkshire, in NE England: ruins of an abbey; church council a.d. 664.

Example sentences from the Web for whitby

A more macabre inspiration surfaced in 1890 when an obscure author called Bram Stoker stayed at the seaside resort of Whitby.

A British Start to the Tour de France Forces the English to Wonder: What Does Being English Mean Anymore? |Clive Irving |July 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A curious description is given of the Duke of Buckingham's alum works near Whitby.

In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays |Augustine Birrell
He was sent back to Mudros on the Whitby Abbey which had brought him across a few hours before.

The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 |F.L. Morrison
Cædmon was a poor brother in Hild's monastery at Whitby, and he acquired the art of poetry by a miracle.

Early Britain |Grant Allen

His body was conveyed to Whitby for burial, and his head interred in the porch of his church at York.

Yorkshire Family Romance |Frederick Ross
Whitby is exactly like an old German town; without trottoirs, equally dirty, and with as narrow streets.

Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. |Hermann Pckler-Muskau

British Dictionary definitions for whitby

Whitby

/ (ˈwɪtbɪ) /

noun

a fishing port and resort in NE England, in E North Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk: an important ecclesiastical centre in Anglo-Saxon times; site of an abbey founded in 656. Pop: 13 594 (2001) See also Synod of Whitby

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