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staveley

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
stave-ley
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Staveleys (plural) Stavely (alternative)

Phrases

Nether Staveley Over Staveley Staveley-in-Cartmel

Questions

What does staveley mean?
A placename:
Where does staveley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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