English Explanatory Dictionary

Crawley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A large town and borough in West Sussex.
  3. A hamlet in Membury parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2607).
  4. A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4234).
  5. A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3412).
  6. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States, named after Crawley, West Sussex.
  7. A western suburb of the City of Perth, Western Australia, taken from the surname.
  8. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹɔːli/ En-uk-Crawley.ogg

Word forms

Crawley

Etymology

From Old English crāwe (“crow”), genitive plural, crāwan + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Derived words

Crawley Down Husborne Crawley

Translations

Arabic: كرولي German: Crawley Japanese: クローリー Korean: 크롤리 Latvian: Kroli Scots: Crawley Ukrainian: Кроулі
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