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birley

/bˈɝli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
bir-ley
IPA
/bˈɝli/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of bylaw.

Obsolete

name

A small village in Birley with Upper Hill parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4553).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb and ward of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK403398).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English būr (“chamber, room”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bower + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

birleys (plural)

Phrases

Birley with Upper Hill

Rhymes With

early shirley curly hurley pearly burley surly girlie burly gurley curley worley

Questions

How do you pronounce birley?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɝli/.
What does birley mean?
Obsolete form of bylaw.
Where does birley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce birley

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