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Old 07-11-2007, 03:39 AM
 
Location: Tijuana Exurbs
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Danbury
Glastonbury
Middlebury
Salisbury
Simsbury
Southbury
Waterbury
Woodbury

Have I missed any?

Anyone know what a 'Bury' is?
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Old 07-11-2007, 05:43 AM
 
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I don't know what a "bury" is , but it comes from the English form of naming towns. Along with the "ington" and "wich". Salisbury and Glastonbury are towns located in the UK as well.
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Old 07-11-2007, 06:57 AM
 
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Wikipedia says:

"Etymology
The name Bury, (also earlier known as "Buri" and "Byri") comes from a Proto-Indo-European Iranian word, probably meaning "stronghold" or "fort".[2] Swedish 'Borg' is of same origin."

the German -burg has the same meaning.
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Old 07-11-2007, 06:57 AM
 
Location: Holly Springs, NC USA
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I believe it is a form of "burg" which is German for town or city.
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Old 07-11-2007, 08:36 AM
 
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No. -burg means a fortified city. Stadt is the German word for city.
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Old 07-11-2007, 02:40 PM
 
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cant forget the 'fords' either ... Branford, North Branford (Northford), Guilford, Milford, ect ..
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Old 07-11-2007, 06:42 PM
 
Location: Tijuana Exurbs
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I believe it is a form of "burg" which is German for town or city.
Thanks for the interesting comments. This and the other related comments make sense when you consider the Edinburgh in Scotland is pronounced Ed-in-burr-A. You can easily see how burr-A could become Bury. And so the connection to the German Burg(h) seems quite logical.

It also interesting that the Buries seems run in a diagonal swath going from SW to NE all along the western side of the Connecticut River. Hmmm, I wonder if they represented a line of settlements at a relatively stagnant borderline between the colonists and the Native Americans. Perhaps in the 1600s a Bury still carried some of its original meaning as a fortified hamlet, and was not just a place name of unknown meaning. That borderline may have persisted for awhile because the Berkshires discourage homesteading and farming further up in the mountains. Just a theory.
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Old 10-03-2007, 02:02 AM
 
Location: Renton, WA
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Danbury
Glastonbury
Middlebury
Salisbury
Simsbury
Southbury
Waterbury
Woodbury

Have I missed any?
How about Roxbury, Connecticut?
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