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fawley

/fˈɔli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
faw-ley
IPA
/fˈɔli/
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3981).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU7586).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4503).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From either Old English fealu (“yellow, fallow, dun”) or fealh (“fallow land”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to fallow + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Fawleys (plural) Faley (alternative)

Rhymes With

raleigh wally crawley nepali hawley callie macaulay pauly mccauley hallie pauley mcauley

Questions

How do you pronounce fawley?
The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɔli/.
What does fawley mean?
A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3981).
Where does fawley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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