Ashburton

== English == === Etymology === From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”). === Proper noun === Ashburton A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569). A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. A river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean. A large town in Canterbury, New Zealand. A river (with two branches) in Canterbury, New Zealand which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean. A territorial authority that includes the town, in Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Ashburton District. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ==== Derived terms ==== ashburtonite Ashvegas === References ===