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Bradley

//ˈbɹædli// name

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  1. 1
    A placename:; A locale in the United Kingdom:; A locale in England:; A former civil parish in Cheshire, part of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley parish since 2015. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A locale in the United Kingdom:; A locale in England:; A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2245). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A locale in the United Kingdom:; A locale in England:; A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7493). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A locale in the United Kingdom:; A locale in England:; A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6341). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A locale in the United Kingdom:; A locale in England:; A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA2406). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A locale in the United Kingdom:; A locale in England:; Two villages, High Bradley and Low Bradley, in Bradleys Both parish, North Yorkshire. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A locale in the United Kingdom:; A locale in England:; A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8818). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename:; A locale in the United Kingdom:; A locale in England:; A suburb in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9595). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; A locale in the United Kingdom:; A locale in England:; A northern suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1620). countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename:; A locale in the United Kingdom:; A village in Gwersyllt community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3253). countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Alabama (unconfirmed). countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A minor city in Lafayette County, Arkansas. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A census-designated place in Monterey County, California; named for landowner Bradley V. Sargent. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia; named for railroad official John Wiley Bradley Jr.. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A township in Jackson County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A village in Kankakee County, Illinois; named for plowman David Bradley. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine; named for early settler Bradley Blackman. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayland Township, Allegan County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A small town in Grady County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
  18. 23
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A census-designated place in Greenwood County, South Carolina. countable, uncountable
  19. 24
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A small town in Clark County, South Dakota; named for townsperson E. R. Bradley. countable, uncountable
  20. 25
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
  21. 26
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, named after Omar Bradley. countable, uncountable
  22. 27
    A placename:; A locale in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Lincoln County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  23. 28
    An English habitational surname from Old English from any of these villages in England. countable, uncountable
  24. 29
    A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable

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Etymology

Ultimately from Old English brād (“broad”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to broad + -ley.

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