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Morley

Morley proper noun: a hamlet in Wilmslow parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8282).

Proper noun

Morley (countable and uncountable, plural Morleys)

  1. A hamlet in Wilmslow parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8282).
  2. A village and civil parish in Erewash district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3943).
  3. A small village in Evenwood and Barony parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ1227).
  4. A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk.
  5. A market town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD2628).
  6. A commune in Meuse department, Grand Est, France.
  7. A former town in Las Animas County, Colorado.
  8. A minor city in Jones County, Iowa.
  9. A village in Aetna Township and Deerfield Township, Mecosta County, Michigan.
  10. A minor city in Scott County, Missouri.
  11. A hamlet in the town of Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York.
  12. An unincorporated community and coal town in Campbell County, Tennessee.
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  1. A township in the Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada.
  2. A suburb of Perth in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia.
  3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
    • Yes, it must be hell. It hasn't stopped Hathaway, though. The star of The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2 is now the star of One Day, playing complicated, mousey Yorkshireperson Emma Morley.2011 August 21, “Pass notes, No 3,030: Anne Hathaway”, in The Guardian
  4. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
    • Morley Kamen, Morley Safer

Forms of Morley

pluralMorleys

Origin of Morley

From Old English mor (“moor”) + leah (“wood”). Equivalent to moor + -ley (“lea”).

Words formed from Morley

Phrases with Morley

Questions about Morley

What does Morley mean?
Morley means a hamlet in Wilmslow parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8282).
What part of speech is Morley?
Morley is a proper noun.

Words near Morley in the dictionary

  1. morland
  2. morlands
  3. Morlans
  4. Morlet wavelet
  5. Morlet wavelets
  6. Morley
  7. Morley triangle
  8. Morley triangles
  9. Morley's trisector theorem
  10. Morleys
  11. morling

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