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Bexley

/ˈbɛksli/

Bexley proper noun: a suburban town in the borough of Bexley, south-east Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4973).

Proper noun

Bexley

  1. A suburban town in the borough of Bexley, south-east Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4973).
  2. A London borough of Greater London.
  3. A former township in the former Victoria County, now City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community in George County, Mississippi, United States.
  5. A city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Columbus.
  6. An eastern suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  7. A rural locality north of the Waimakariri River, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  8. A suburb of Sydney in Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  9. A female given name.

Origin of Bexley

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

Words formed from Bexley

Questions about Bexley

What does Bexley mean?
Bexley means a suburban town in the borough of Bexley, south-east Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4973).
What part of speech is Bexley?
Bexley is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bexley?
Bexley is pronounced /ˈbɛksli/ (UK).

Words near Bexley in the dictionary

  1. Bexar County
  2. bexarotene
  3. Bexfield
  4. Bexhill
  5. Bexhill-on-Sea
  6. Bexley
  7. Bexley North
  8. Bexleyheath
  9. bexosomal
  10. bexosome
  11. bexosomes

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