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Beverley

//ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li// name

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  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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  1. 6
    A unisex given name transferred from the surname. countable

Etymology

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

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