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Shipley

/ˈʃɪpli/

Shipley proper noun: a village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4444).

Proper noun

Shipley

  1. A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4444).
  2. A hamlet in Eglingham parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1416).
  3. A hamlet in Claverley parish, south-east Shropshire (OS grid ref SO8095).
  4. A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1421).
  5. A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
  6. An unincorporated community in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States.
  7. A hamlet near Blackheath, City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
  8. A habitational surname from Old English

Origin of Shipley

From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“meadow, field, pasture”), thus a field for grazing sheep; equivalent to sheep + -ley. Compare Gateley (literally “goat lea”).

Questions about Shipley

What does Shipley mean?
Shipley means a village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4444).
What part of speech is Shipley?
Shipley is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Shipley?
Shipley is pronounced /ˈʃɪpli/.

Words near Shipley in the dictionary

  1. shiplapping
  2. shiplaps
  3. shipless
  4. shiplet
  5. shiplets
  6. Shipley
  7. shiplier
  8. shipliest
  9. shiplift
  10. shiplifts
  11. shiplike

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