Whitby
Americannoun
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a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario.
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a seaport in E North Yorkshire, in NE England: ruins of an abbey; church council a.d. 664.
noun
Example Sentences
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A car drove through a fence at the Partou Sunny Days Nursery and Pre-school on Vale Road in the Whitby area of Ellesmere Port in Cheshire at just before 09:55 BST, police said.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
According to tradition, Caedmon worked as a laborer at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
Tradition holds that the poem was composed by Caedmon, a cowherd from Whitby in present day North Yorkshire, after a divine visitation inspired him to sing.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
I was a bit older when I encountered Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” which opens in the seaside town of Whitby, where cliffs overlook the sea in which the ill-fated ship Demeter meets its end.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Right over the town is the ruin of Whitby Abbey, which was sacked by the Danes, and which is the scene of part of “Marmion,” where the girl was built up in the wall.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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