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hindley

/hˈɪndli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
hind-ley
IPA
/hˈɪndli/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6204).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Stocksfield parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0559).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English hind (“hind, female deer”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hind + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Hindleys (plural)

Phrases

Hindley Green Hindley's screw Hindley-Milner type system

Rhymes With

findlay lindley findley brindley grindley windley kindley

Questions

How do you pronounce hindley?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɪndli/.
What does hindley mean?
A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6204).
Where does hindley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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