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cranleigh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
cran-leigh
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A large village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0639).

Etymology

From Old English cran (“crane”), genitive plural crana + lēah (“wood clearing”), 'the cranes' wood clearing'. Formerly Cranley, the spelling was altered in 1867 to avoid confusion (by the post office and railway) with Crawley.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does cranleigh mean?
A large village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0639).
Where does cranleigh come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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