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westley

/wˈɛstli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
west-ley
IPA
/wˈɛstli/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Sparsholt parish, City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4231).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Westbury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3606).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, west of Bury St Edmunds, and previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8264).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English west + lēah (“westerly wood or clearing”); in Suffolk recorded as Westlea in 1086 (DB).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Westleys (plural)

Phrases

Westley Bottom Westley Waterless

Questions

How do you pronounce westley?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɛstli/.
What does westley mean?
A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States.
Where does westley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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