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Australia

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Digby, Victoria Digby is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Glenelg, west of the state capital, Melbourne, on the Stokes River, a tributary of the Glenelg. At the 2006 census, Digby and the surrounding are ...
, a town


Canada

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Digby (electoral district) Digby was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was created as part of the British North America Act, 1867, ''British North ...
, a former federal electoral district in Nova Scotia (1867–1914) *
Digby (provincial electoral district) Digby was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1993. In 1993, it was dissolved into Digby-Annapolis. From 1867 to 1949, the district included ...
, a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia (1867–1993) *
Digby County, Nova Scotia Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History It was named after the Township of Digby; this was named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Digby, who dispatched HMS ''Atalanta'' to convey Loyalists from New York City in ...
, a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia **
Digby, Nova Scotia Digby is a Canadian town in southwestern Nova Scotia. It is in the historical Digby County, Nova Scotia, county of Digby and a separate municipality from the Municipality of the District of Digby. The town is situated on the western shore of the ...
, a town **
Digby, Nova Scotia (municipal district) Digby, officially named the Municipality of the District of Digby, is a district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district. The district municipality forms ...
, the eastern half of Digby County


England

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Digby, Devon Digby was a hamlet on the eastern edge of the city of Exeter in Devon, England, located by Clyst Heath. Between 1886 and 1987 it was the location of Exeter Lunatic Asylum, later known as Digby Hospital. Today it is mainly an area of housing, ...
, a village in Exeter **
Digby and Sowton railway station Digby and Sowton railway station is on the Avocet Line in Devon, England. History A small station known as Clyst St Mary and Digby Halt was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 1 June 1908 to serve Clyst St Mary and Digby Hospit ...
, Exeter *
Digby, Lincolnshire Digby is a small village and civil parish in the district of North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. The village is in the vale of the Digby Beck watercourse, north from the town of Sleaford and south from Lincoln city centre. The village has ...
, a village and civil parish in North Kesteven


United States

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Digby, Ohio Digby (also known as Dugby, Dukay) is an unincorporated community in Wood County, Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvan ...
, an unincorporated community


People and fictional characters

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Digby (name) Digby is an English language toponymic surname. It is derived from the village of Digby in Lincolnshire, England, the name of which originated from Old Norse "dic" (dyke, ditch) and "byr" (farm, settlement). Baron Digby Baron Digby is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of Great Britain, for members of the same family. Robert Digby, Governor of King's County, was created Baron Digby, of Geashill in th ...
, a title in the Peerage of Ireland *
Digby (blogger) Digby is the short name of American political blogger Heather Digby Parton from Santa Monica, California who founded the blog Hullabaloo. She has been called one of the "leading and most admired commentators" of the liberal/progressive blogosph ...
, pen name of Heather Digby Parton, writer of the liberal blog Hullabaloo


Military

* , a Royal Canadian Navy Second World War minesweeper *
RAF Digby Royal Air Force Digby otherwise known as RAF Digby is a Royal Air Force List of Royal Air Force stations, station located near Scopwick and south east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincoln, in Lincolnshire, England. The station is home to the tri-s ...
, Lincolnshire, England, a former Royal Air Force station *
Douglas B-18 Bolo The Douglas B-18 Bolo is an American twin-engined medium bomber which served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was developed by the Douglas Airc ...
, a bomber used by the Royal Canadian Air Force as the Douglas Digby


Arts and entertainment

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Digby (band) Digby is an American power pop band formed in 2000 in Louisville, Kentucky. The band is fairly popular within the city and surrounding area. History Formerly known as 100 Acre Wood, the band in 1999, due to changing personnel and their musical g ...
, an American power pop band * ''Digby'' (play), a 1985 play by
Joseph Dougherty Joseph Dougherty is an American television producer, writer, and director. He has written for such television series as ''Thirtysomething'', for which he won an Emmy Award and a Humanitas Prize. Dougherty has also written for ''Judging Amy'' ...
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