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Sedgley

Sedgley proper noun: a suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO9193).

Proper noun

Sedgley (countable and uncountable, plural Sedgleys)

  1. A suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO9193).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Sedgley

pluralSedgleys

Origin of Sedgley

From the Old English personal name *Seċġ, a byname from seċġ (“man, hero”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Questions about Sedgley

What does Sedgley mean?
Sedgley means a suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO9193).
What part of speech is Sedgley?
Sedgley is a proper noun.

Words near Sedgley in the dictionary

  1. Sedgewick
  2. sedgework
  3. sedgier
  4. sedgiest
  5. sedginess
  6. Sedgley
  7. Sedgleys
  8. Sedgman
  9. Sedgwick
  10. Sedgwick County
  11. Sedgwickian

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