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Corley

Corley proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Corley (countable and uncountable, plural Corleys)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Logan County, Arkansas.
  3. A census-designated place in Shelby County, Iowa.
  4. An unincorporated community in Bowie County, Texas.
  5. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
  6. An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia.
  7. A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3085).

Forms of Corley

pluralCorleys

Origin of Corley

From Old English *corn (“crane”), genitive plural, *corna + lēah (“woodland clearing”), 'the cranes' wood or clearing'.

Questions about Corley

What does Corley mean?
Corley means a surname.
What part of speech is Corley?
Corley is a proper noun.

Words near Corley in the dictionary

  1. Corlett
  2. Corlette
  3. Corletts
  4. Corlew
  5. Corlews
  6. Corley
  7. Corleys
  8. Corlise
  9. Corliss
  10. Corls
  11. Corlăteni

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