Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9591). · A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0854). · A town in Nova Scotia, Canada. · A village in Victoria, Australia.
Ellipsis of Digby chicken.
From Old English dīc (“dyke”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”). The town in Nova Scotia is named after admiral Robert Digby (1732 - 1815).
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