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Bentley

//ˈbɛntliː// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
An English habitational surname from Old English.
2
A place name, including:; A locality in the Kyogle council area, Lismore council area and the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
3
A place name, including:; A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
4
A place name, including:; A town in Alberta, Canada.
5
A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Rowley parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA0135).

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A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet north-west of Brentwood, Brentwood borough, Essex (OS grid ref TQ5696).
7
A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7844).
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A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1136).
9
A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; An outer suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5605).
10
A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet and civil parish (served by Bentley and Merevale Parish Council) in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2895).
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A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9899).
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A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; Lower Bentley and Upper Bentley in Bentley Pauncefoot parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire.
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A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Hancock County, Illinois.
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A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
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A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bay County, Michigan.
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A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A township in Gladwin County, Michigan.
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A place name, including:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hettinger County, North Dakota.

Noun

1
A motor car manufactured by this company.
"The car she reclined in was a 1960s Bentley."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English Beonetlēah. Originally a Sussex habitational name, the word lēah or lēag meaning field in Old English. Hence, equivalent to bent (“bent-grass”) + -leigh/lea (“meadow, field”); compare Bentham.

Etymology 2

Named after the founder of Bentley Motors, WO Bentley.

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