Crawley

//ˈkɹɔːli// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place in England:; A large town and borough in West Sussex.
  2. 2
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Membury parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2607).
  3. 3
    A place in England:; A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4234).
  4. 4
    A place in England:; A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3412).
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States, named after Crawley, West Sussex.
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  1. 6
    A western suburb of the City of Perth, Western Australia, taken from the surname.
  2. 7
    A surname.

Etymology

From Old English crāwe (“crow”), genitive plural, crāwan + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

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Crawley DownHusborne Crawleylisted buildingwest sussex

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