Dictionary

Bradley en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbɹædli/ (US)

Etymology

Ultimately from Old English brād (“broad”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to broad + -ley.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United Kingdom: ▸ A locale in England: ▸ A former civil parish in Cheshire, part of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley parish since 2015.
2. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United Kingdom: ▸ A locale in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2245).
3. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United Kingdom: ▸ A locale in England: ▸ A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7493).
4. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United Kingdom: ▸ A locale in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6341).
5. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United Kingdom: ▸ A locale in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA2406).
6. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United Kingdom: ▸ A locale in England: ▸ Two villages, High Bradley and Low Bradley, in Bradleys Both parish, North Yorkshire.
7. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United Kingdom: ▸ A locale in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8818).
8. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United Kingdom: ▸ A locale in England: ▸ A suburb in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9595).
9. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United Kingdom: ▸ A locale in England: ▸ A northern suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1620).
10. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United Kingdom: ▸ A village in Gwersyllt community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3253).
11. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Alabama (unconfirmed).
12. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Lafayette County, Arkansas.
13. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Monterey County, California; named for landowner Bradley V. Sargent.
14. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia; named for railroad official John Wiley Bradley Jr..
15. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ A township in Jackson County, Illinois.
16. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ A village in Kankakee County, Illinois; named for plowman David Bradley.
17. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
18. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine; named for early settler Bradley Blackman.
19. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Wayland Township, Allegan County, Michigan.
20. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.
21. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
22. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ A small town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
23. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Greenwood County, South Carolina.
24. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ A small town in Clark County, South Dakota; named for townsperson E. R. Bradley.
25. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
26. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, named after Omar Bradley.
27. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locale in the United States: ▸ A town and unincorporated community therein, in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
28. (countable, uncountable) An English habitational surname from Old English from any of these villages in England.
29. (countable, uncountable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
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Forms

Deriveds

Bradley Fold · bradleyite · Low Bradley · Bradleys Both · Bradley Land · Bradley Beach · Bradley Stoke · High Bradley · Bradleyan · Maiden Bradley · Bradleyism

Relateds

Brad