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Batley

/ˈbætli/

Batley proper noun: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2424).

Proper noun

Batley (countable and uncountable, plural Batleys)

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2424).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Batley

pluralBatleys

Origin of Batley

From the Old English personal name Bata + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Words formed from Batley

Questions about Batley

What does Batley mean?
Batley means a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2424).
What part of speech is Batley?
Batley is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Batley?
Batley is pronounced /ˈbætli/.

Words near Batley in the dictionary

  1. batless
  2. batlet
  3. batleth
  4. batleths
  5. batlets
  6. Batley
  7. Batley Carr
  8. Batleys
  9. batlhanka
  10. batlike
  11. batling

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