HyperDic: canterbury

English > 1 sense of the word Canterbury:
NOUNlocationCanterburya town in Kent in southeastern England
Canterbury > pronunciation
Soundskae'nterbeh.riy
Rhymesaccusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy...
English > Canterbury: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA 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.
Instance oftownAn urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
Part ofKentA county in southeastern England on the English Channel
SpanishCanterbury, Cantórbery

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