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walmersley

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
walmer-s-ley
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8013).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Waldmǣr, which is composed of the elements weald (“power, authority”) and mǣre (“famous”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Walmersleys (plural) Walmesley (alternative) Walmisley (alternative) Walmsley (alternative)

Questions

What does walmersley mean?
A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8013).
Where does walmersley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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