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otley

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
ot-ley
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A market town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2045).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2055).

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the unattested Old English personal name *Otta + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Otleys (plural) Ottley (alternative)

Questions

What does otley mean?
A market town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2045).
Where does otley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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