English Explanatory Dictionary

Woodley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7673).
  2. A suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ938922).
  3. An eastern suburb of Romsey, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3722).
  4. A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Benson, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. A suburb of Nairobi, Kenya.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Woodley Woodleys Woodlee

Etymology

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wood + -ley (“lea”).

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