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greeley

/ˈɡɹiːli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
gree-ley
IPA
/ˈɡɹiːli/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old French.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city, the county seat of Weld County, Colorado, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small city in Anderson County, Kansas, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Pine County, Minnesota, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Reynolds County, Missouri, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village, the county seat of Greeley County, Nebraska, United States. Its full name is Greeley Center.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Nickname for someone with a pock-marked face, from Old French greslé (“pitted, scarred”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Greeleys (plural) Grealey (alternative)

Derived Forms

Greeleytown

Phrases

Greeley Center Greeley County

Rhymes With

freely ideally healy healey swahili steely seeley neely feely keeley demille mealy

Questions

How do you pronounce greeley?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹiːli/.
What does greeley mean?
A surname from Old French.
Where does greeley come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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