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Cropley

Cropley proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Cropley (plural Cropleys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Cropley

pluralCropleys

Origin of Cropley

Two possible origins: * English habitational surname from a minor place in Suffolk, from Old English cropp (“swelling, mound”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to crop + -ley (“lea”). * Americanized spelling of Swiss German Kroppli, a variant of Kropf.

Questions about Cropley

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

Words near Cropley in the dictionary

  1. crophead
  2. cropheads
  3. cropland
  4. croplands
  5. cropless
  6. Cropley
  7. Cropleys
  8. croplike
  9. cropload
  10. croploads
  11. cropmark

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