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Beverley

/ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li/

Beverley proper noun: a market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Proper noun

Beverley (countable and uncountable, plural Beverleys)

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
  2. A community in the Rural Municipality of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
  4. A town and local government area (the Shire of Beverley) in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
  5. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
  6. (countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Forms of Beverley

pluralBeverleys
alternative formBeverly

Origin of Beverley

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

Words formed from Beverley

Questions about Beverley

What does Beverley mean?
Beverley means a market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
What part of speech is Beverley?
Beverley is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Beverley?
Beverley is pronounced /ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li/.

Words near Beverley in the dictionary

  1. Beveridge models
  2. Beveridgean
  3. beveridges
  4. Beveridgian
  5. bevering
  6. Beverley
  7. Beverley Park
  8. Beverleys
  9. Beverlin
  10. Beverlins
  11. Beverly

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