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bisley

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
bis-ley
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Bisley-with-Lypiatt parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9006).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9559).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Bisi or *Bisa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Bisleys (plural)

Questions

What does bisley mean?
A village in Bisley-with-Lypiatt parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9006).
Where does bisley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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