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hanley

/hˈænli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
han-ley
IPA
/hˈænli/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ880480).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO668659).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Henley, which shares the same etymology.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Hanleys (plural)

Phrases

Hanley Castle Hanley Hills

Homonyms

hanly

Rhymes With

stanley manly manley shanley stanly hanly ganley cranley danley

Questions

How do you pronounce hanley?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈænli/.
What does hanley mean?
A town in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ880480).
Where does hanley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce hanley

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