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Godley

Godley proper noun: a suburb of Hyde, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9695).

Proper noun

Godley (countable and uncountable, plural Godleys)

  1. A suburb of Hyde, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9695).
  2. A village in Grundy County and Will County, Illinois, United States.
  3. A minor city in Johnson County, Texas, United States.
  4. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Godley

pluralGodleys
alternative formGodlee
alternative formGoodleigh

Origin of Godley

From the Old English byname Gōda + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Words formed from Godley

Questions about Godley

What does Godley mean?
Godley means a suburb of Hyde, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9695).
What part of speech is Godley?
Godley is a proper noun.

Words near Godley in the dictionary

  1. godlet
  2. godlets
  3. godlevskite
  4. Godlewski
  5. Godlewskis
  6. Godley
  7. Godley Green
  8. Godleys
  9. godlier
  10. godliest
  11. godlike

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