Whitby

[ hwit-bee, wit- ]

noun

1. a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario.
2. a seaport in E North Yorkshire, in NE England: ruins of an abbey; church council a.d. 664.

Whitby

/ ˈwɪtbɪ /

noun

1. See Synod of Whitby
   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

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

He stayed at the place for about a year, then went to Carlton, in Nottinghamshire, and afterwards to Whitby.

From Project Gutenberg

Once when we spent our holidays at Whitby we had such an adventure.

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These were Hartlepool, Whitby, and Scarborough, casualties being inflicted in every case.

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The first cargo of ironstone was sent from here in 1836, when the Pickering and Whitby Railway was opened.

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Many of those relating to Whitby were warmly welcomed, and added not a little to her fame.

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