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Selway

Selway proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Selway (plural Selways)

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Forms of Selway

pluralSelways
alternative formSelvey
alternative formSelvy

Origin of Selway

From the Middle English personal name Salewi, probably from an unattested Old English personal name *Sǣlwīġ, composed of the elements sǣl (“happiness, prosperity, opportunity”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).

Questions about Selway

What does Selway mean?
Selway means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Selway?
Selway is a proper noun.

Words near Selway in the dictionary

  1. selvish
  2. Selvitella
  3. Selvon
  4. Selvons
  5. SELW
  6. Selway
  7. Selways
  8. Selwood
  9. Selwoods
  10. Selworthy
  11. Selwyn

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