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Ripley

/ˈɹɪpli/

Ripley proper noun: a surname from Old English. Also the ellipsis of Ripley County.

Proper noun

Ripley (countable and uncountable, plural Ripleys)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
  5. A town in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3950).
  7. A hamlet in Sopley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ1698).
  8. A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2860).
  9. A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0556).
  10. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
  11. A village in Brown County, Illinois.
  12. An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Indiana.
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  1. A small town in Somerset County, Maine.
  2. An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland.
  3. An unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan.
  4. A city, the county seat of Tippah County, Mississippi.
  5. A neighbourhood of Independence, Missouri.
  6. A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
  7. A village in Brown County, Ohio.
  8. A small town in Payne County, Oklahoma.
  9. A city, the county seat of Lauderdale County, Tennessee.
  10. A city, the county seat of Jackson County, West Virginia.
  11. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Ripley Township.

Also used as

Ripley is also the ellipsis of Ripley County.

Forms of Ripley

pluralRipleys

Origin of Ripley

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, *Hrype + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

Words formed from Ripley

  • County of Ripley
  • Ripleyan
  • Ripley County
  • Ripley's
  • Ripley Township
  • Township of Ripley

Questions about Ripley

What does Ripley mean?
Ripley means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Ripley?
Ripley is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ripley?
Ripley is pronounced /ˈɹɪpli/.

Words near Ripley in the dictionary

  1. ripienos
  2. riping
  3. ripiphorid
  4. ripiphorids
  5. Ripka
  6. Ripley
  7. Ripley County
  8. Ripleys
  9. riplock
  10. ripoff
  11. ripoffs

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