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Bromley en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹɒmli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbɹɑmli/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + lēah (“wood”). Equivalent to broom + -ley and doublet of Brimley; compare Broom.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A town in the borough of Bromley, in south-eastern Greater London, historically in Kent (OS grid ref TQ4069).
  2. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A London borough of Greater London.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A district in the borough of Tower Hamlets, East London, Greater London, also called Bromley by Bow (OS grid ref TQ3782).
  4. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A hamlet in Standon parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL4121).
  5. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A locality in Hordley parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4026).
  6. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A hamlet in Worfield parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7395).
  7. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A hamlet in Wortley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3298).
  8. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in England: ▸ A suburb of Kingswinford, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9088).
  9. (countable, uncountable) An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A minor city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.
  11. (countable, uncountable) A village in Mashonaland East province, Zimbabwe.
  12. (countable, uncountable) An eastern suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  13. (countable, uncountable) A locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia
  14. (countable, uncountable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Bromleys Number=Plur lexicographic
Bramley alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

bromlite · Bromley-by-Bow · Bromley Heath · Bromley Cross · Abbots Bromley

wikipedia: Bromley