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Woodley

Woodley proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7673).

Proper noun

Woodley (countable and uncountable, plural Woodleys)

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7673).
  2. A suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ938922).
  3. An eastern suburb of Romsey, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3722).
  4. A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Benson, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. A suburb of Nairobi, Kenya.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Woodley

pluralWoodleys
alternative formWoodlee

Origin of Woodley

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wood + -ley (“lea”).

Questions about Woodley

What does Woodley mean?
Woodley means a town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7673).
What part of speech is Woodley?
Woodley is a proper noun.

Words near Woodley in the dictionary

  1. Woodlesford
  2. woodless
  3. woodlessness
  4. woodlet
  5. woodlets
  6. Woodley
  7. Woodleys
  8. woodlice
  9. Woodlief
  10. Woodliefs
  11. woodlike

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