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farnley

/fˈɑɹnli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
farn-ley
IPA
/fˈɑɹnli/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2532).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2147).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to fern + -ley (“lea”) and a doublet of Farley.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Farnleys (plural)

Phrases

Farnley and Wortley Farnley Tyas

Rhymes With

charnley carnley

Questions

How do you pronounce farnley?
The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɑɹnli/.
What does farnley mean?
A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2532).
Where does farnley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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