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Beverley en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li/

Etymology

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A community in the Rural Municipality of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A town and local government area (the Shire of Beverley) in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
  5. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
  6. (countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Forms

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Beverly alternative lexicographic
Beverleys Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Beverley Park · Beverly · Bev