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. 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

Nearly nine years later, Bradley, from Whitby, died at Scarborough General Hospital in last month after going into cardiac arrest.

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Held annually in April and October, the gothic gathering began in 1994 and now attracts large crowds to Whitby's cobbled streets.

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"There are a lot of people who come into Whitby just for the architecture, they come to Goth Weekend because they like the clothing, they like the music, some people like all of it," she added.

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Merryn Wilderspin, an artist and designer from Malton, has created two Whitby Goth Weekend collections of her made-to-order designer bags.

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Thirty years since the seaside town hosted its first Goth Weekend, Whitby is still a "safe and accepting" place, say regular visitors to the festival.

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