Associations to the word «Canterbury»

Wiktionary

CANTERBURY, proper noun. An ancient city in Kent, England
CANTERBURY, proper noun. A province of New Zealand
CANTERBURY, proper noun. A region of New Zealand
CANTERBURY, noun. A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.
CANTERBURY BELLS, noun. Campanula medium, an annual or biennial flowering plant with bell-shaped flowers.
CANTERBURY GALLOP, noun. A broken gait of a horse, between an amble and a gallop.
CANTERBURY SOUND, noun. (music) A genre of progressive rock associated with the city of Canterbury.

Dictionary definition

CANTERBURY, noun. A town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church.

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