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Proper Noun

1. 1
   A market town and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3406). countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A number of other places:; A village and civil parish (without a council) in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0705). countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A number of other places:; A hamlet in Worfield parish, south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7592). countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A number of other places:; A township west of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
5. 5
   A number of other places:; A locality in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin, Manitoba, Canada. countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   A number of other places:; An unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
7. 7
   A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Beorn + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Related phrases

south yorkshireunited kingdom

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