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exley

/ˈɛksli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
ex-ley
IPA
/ˈɛksli/
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small suburb south of Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0922).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Cumbric *eglēs (“church”) (also found in Eccles) + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *eglēs, lēah

Usage

Inflected Forms

Exleys (plural) Axley (alternative)

Rhymes With

bexley

Questions

How do you pronounce exley?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛksli/.
What does exley mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does exley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce exley

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