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Bramley

//ˈbɹæmli// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several places in England:; A village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4079).
  2. 2
    Any of several places in England:; A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6559).
  3. 3
    Any of several places in England:; A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4892).
  4. 4
    Any of several places in England:; A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0144).
  5. 5
    Any of several places in England:; A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2434).
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  1. 6
    A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  2. 7
    A small townsite in the South West Region of Western Australia.
  3. 8
    A habitational surname from Old English.
Noun
  1. 1
    A cultivar of apple, used especially as a cooking apple.

    "Bramleys are a good choice when making pies."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Named after butcher Matthew Bramley, who owned the tree from which cuttings were taken in the mid-1800s.

Etymology 2

From Old English brom (“broom”) + leah (“wood clearing, meadow”), like Bromley. Equivalent to broom + -ley (“lea”).

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