Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shipley

/ˈʃɪpli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
ship-ley
IPA
/ˈʃɪpli/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A habitational surname from Old English

Etymology

From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“meadow, field, pasture”), thus a field for grazing sheep; equivalent to sheep + -ley. Compare Gateley (literally “goat lea”).

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Questions

How do you pronounce shipley?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɪpli/.
What does shipley mean?
A number of places in England:
Where does shipley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce shipley

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