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Graveley

Graveley proper noun: a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2464).

Proper noun

Graveley (countable and uncountable, plural Graveleys)

  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2464).
  2. A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL232278).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Graveley

pluralGraveleys
alternative formGravely

Origin of Graveley

From either Old English græf (“pit, trench”) or grāf (“grove, thicket”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Questions about Graveley

What does Graveley mean?
Graveley means a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2464).
What part of speech is Graveley?
Graveley is a proper noun.

Words near Graveley in the dictionary

  1. graveled
  2. graveler
  3. gravelers
  4. graveless
  5. gravelessness
  6. Graveley
  7. Graveleys
  8. graveliest
  9. graveliferous
  10. gravelike
  11. gravelin

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