English Explanatory Dictionary

Shotley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM236351).
  2. An unincorporated community in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Shotley Shotleys Shatley Shetley

Etymology

Recorded as Scoteleia in the Domesday Book, the English village is probably named with Old English Sċott (“Scot, Scottish person”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to Scot + -ley (“lea”).

Derived words

Shotley Bridge
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