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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A place name:; A market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A place name:; A community in the Rural Municipality of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A place name:; A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A place name:; A town and local government area (the Shire of Beverley) in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. countable, uncountable
5. 5
   A habitational surname from Old English. countable

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6. 6
   A unisex given name transferred from the surname. countable

Etymology

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

Related phrases

Beverley Parkcounty towneast riding of yorkshiremarket town

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