Aylesbury

American

[eylz-buh-ree, -bree] / ˈeɪlz bə ri, -bri /

noun

one of an English breed of white, domestic ducks.

Aylesbury British

/ -brɪ, ˈeɪlzbərɪ /

noun

a town in SE central England, administrative centre of Buckinghamshire. Pop: 69 021 (2001)

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Etymology

Origin of Aylesbury

First recorded in 1850–55; named after Aylesbury, England

Example Sentences

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The former special constable was sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court on Friday to a total of 32 years, made up of 24 years' imprisonment and a further eight years on extended licence.

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Aylesbury MP Laura Kyrke-Smith, whose close friend took her own life after having a baby, called access a "postcode lottery" with some areas "complete deserts".

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The Met said that it was called to a building in Aylesbury Estate on 17 March to reports of an unresponsive woman.

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An economics teacher in Aylesbury and then Bournemouth, she was also a tutor with the Open University for 20 years.

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Masum was arrested in the early hours of 9 April in a car park near Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, where he had gone to be treated for "lockjaw".

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