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highley

/hˈaɪli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
high-ley
IPA
/hˈaɪli/
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7483).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Recorded as Hugelei in the Domesday Book, the village is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Hugga + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Highleys (plural) Hiley (alternative)

Rhymes With

highly riley miley wiley smiley o'reilly reilly wylie wily slyly shyly wryly

Questions

How do you pronounce highley?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈaɪli/.
What does highley mean?
A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7483).
Where does highley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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