English Explanatory Dictionary

Otley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2045).
  2. A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2055).
  3. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa, United States.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Otley Otleys Ottley

Etymology

From the unattested Old English personal name *Otta + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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