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dursley

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
durs-ley
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7598).

name

A hamlet in Heywood parish, near Westbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8654).

Etymology

From Old English Deorsigeslēah, from the personal name Deorsiġe (“dear victory”) in the genitive case Deorsiġes + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Deorsigeslēah

Questions

What does dursley mean?
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7598).
Where does dursley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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