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Bowley

Bowley proper noun: a hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5452).

Proper noun

Bowley (countable and uncountable, plural Bowleys)

  1. A hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5452).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Bowley

pluralBowleys

Origin of Bowley

From Old English boga (“bow; riverbend”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bow + -ley (“lea”).

Words formed from Bowley

Questions about Bowley

What does Bowley mean?
Bowley means a hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5452).
What part of speech is Bowley?
Bowley is a proper noun.

Words near Bowley in the dictionary

  1. bowler-hatted
  2. bowlered
  3. bowlers
  4. bowles
  5. bowless
  6. Bowley
  7. Bowley's law
  8. Bowleys
  9. bowlful
  10. bowlfull
  11. bowlfulls

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