English Explanatory Dictionary

Downley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8595).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Downley Downleys

Etymology

From Old English dūn (“hill, mountain”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to dune or down + -ley (“lea”).

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