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Morley

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various places in England:; A hamlet in Wilmslow parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8282). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Any of various places in England:; A village and civil parish in Erewash district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3943). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Any of various places in England:; A small village in Evenwood and Barony parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ1227). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Any of various places in England:; A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Any of various places in England:; A market town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD2628). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A commune in Meuse department, Grand Est, France. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A former town in Las Animas County, Colorado. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Jones County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Aetna Township and Deerfield Township, Mecosta County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Scott County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A hamlet in the town of Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and coal town in Campbell County, Tennessee. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A township in the Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A suburb of Perth in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

    "Yes, it must be hell. It hasn't stopped Hathaway, though. The star of The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2 is now the star of One Day, playing complicated, mousey Yorkshireperson Emma Morley."

  11. 16
    A unisex given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable

    "Morley Kamen, Morley Safer"

Etymology

From Old English mor (“moor”) + leah (“wood”). Equivalent to moor + -ley (“lea”).

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