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Yardley

Yardley proper noun: a suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP124538).

Proper noun

Yardley (countable and uncountable, plural Yardleys)

  1. A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP124538).
  2. A borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Yardley

pluralYardleys
alternative formYeardley

Origin of Yardley

From Old English ġerd (“stick, rod”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”). Equivalent to yard + -ley (“lea”).

Words formed from Yardley

Questions about Yardley

What does Yardley mean?
Yardley means a suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP124538).
What part of speech is Yardley?
Yardley is a proper noun.

Words near Yardley in the dictionary

  1. yardkeep
  2. yardkeeps
  3. yardland
  4. yardlands
  5. yardless
  6. Yardley
  7. Yardleys
  8. yardlight
  9. yardlights
  10. yardlike
  11. yardlong

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