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plumley

/plˈʌmli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
plum-ley
IPA
/plˈʌmli/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7175).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”). Equivalent to plum + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Plumleys (plural)

Rhymes With

lumley comely glumly brumley chumley crumley rumley

Questions

How do you pronounce plumley?
The recorded pronunciation is /plˈʌmli/.
What does plumley mean?
A village and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7175).
Where does plumley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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