Woodley

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7673). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ938922). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    An eastern suburb of Romsey, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3722). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Benson, Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A suburb of Nairobi, Kenya. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wood + -ley (“lea”).

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