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Wembley

/ˈwɛmbli/

Wembley proper noun: a suburb of London, in northwestern Greater London, England.

Proper noun

Wembley

  1. A suburb of London, in northwestern Greater London, England.
  2. A stadium in London, the national sports stadium and venue where finals of major football tournaments are held.
    • If they carry on with their good form, they'll be at Wembley at the end of the season.
    • Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport
  3. A town in the County of Grande Prairie, No.1, northern Alberta, Canada.
  4. A western suburb of Perth in the Town of Cambridge and City of Stirling, Western Australia.

Origin of Wembley

Derived from an unattested Old English proper name *Wemba and lēah (“clearing in a forest; meadow, leigh”).

Words formed from Wembley

Questions about Wembley

What does Wembley mean?
Wembley means a suburb of London, in northwestern Greater London, England.
What part of speech is Wembley?
Wembley is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Wembley?
Wembley is pronounced /ˈwɛmbli/ (UK).

Words near Wembley in the dictionary

  1. Wemba-Wemba
  2. Wembawemba
  3. wemble
  4. wembled
  5. wembles
  6. Wembley
  7. Wembley Hill
  8. Wembley Park
  9. wembling
  10. wembs
  11. Wembury

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