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ardley

/ˈɑɹdli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
ard-ley
IPA
/ˈɑɹdli/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5427).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Eardwulf, which is composed of the elements eard (“homeland; earth”) and wulf (“wolf”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ardleys (plural)

Rhymes With

hardly yardley

Questions

How do you pronounce ardley?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑɹdli/.
What does ardley mean?
A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5427).
Where does ardley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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