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Manley

Manley proper noun: a village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SJ5171).

Proper noun

Manley (countable and uncountable, plural Manleys)

  1. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SJ5171).
  2. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Rock County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. A village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.
  6. A surname from Irish

Forms of Manley

pluralManleys

Origin of Manley

* As an English surname, from Old English mæne (“common, shared”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to mean + -ley (“lea”). * Also as an English surname, from the adjective manly (“brave, manly”). * As an Irish surname, anglicized from Ó Máinle (“descendant of Máinle”); see Malley. * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Maonghaile (“descendant of Maonghal”), from maoin (“wealth”) + gal (“valor, fury”).

Questions about Manley

What does Manley mean?
Manley means a village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SJ5171).
What part of speech is Manley?
Manley is a proper noun.

Words near Manley in the dictionary

  1. manless
  2. manlessly
  3. manlessness
  4. manlet
  5. manlets
  6. Manley
  7. Manleys
  8. Manlibunan
  9. manlier
  10. manliest
  11. manlift

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