"Woolley" meaning in All languages combined

See Woolley on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Woolleys [plural]
Etymology: From Old English wulf (“wolf”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wolf + -ley (“lea”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|wulf||wolf}} Old English wulf (“wolf”), {{suf|en|wolf|-leigh|alt2=-ley|t2=lea}} wolf + -ley (“lea”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Woolley (countable and uncountable, plural Woolleys)
  1. A hamlet in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1574). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Cambridgeshire, England, Places in England, Villages in Cambridgeshire, England, Villages in England Derived forms: Barham and Woolley, Woolley Grange, Woolley Moor
    Sense id: en-Woolley-en-name-1KOcL8b1
  2. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3213). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in West Yorkshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in West Yorkshire, England
    Sense id: en-Woolley-en-name-Bag88D5P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 42 30
  3. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Woolley-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames, English terms suffixed with -leigh Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -leigh: 27 26 47

Inflected forms

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